Iranian, Russian, Chinese envoys meet with IAEA chief ahead of Board of Governors mee
Iranian, Russian, Chinese envoys meet with IAEA chief ahead of Board of Governors meeting
M.U.H
12/11/202526
London:The permanent representatives of Iran, China, and Russia to Vienna have met with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ahead of the agency’s upcoming Board of Governors session.
The meeting was announced late Tuesday by Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.
“Permanent Representatives of China, Iran, and Russia met today with the IAEA Director General Mr. Rafael Grossi and his team to exchange views on the forthcoming session of the IAEA Board of Governors,” Ulyanov said on X.
In another post on X, he described Russia, China, and Iran as “major players” in Iran’s nuclear program, adding that “they decide to a significant extent how the situation will develop.”
The ambassadors of the three countries also held a trilateral meeting last week to coordinate their positions ahead of the Board of Governors session.
The Board is scheduled to meet from November 19 to 21, with Iran’s nuclear issue to be discussed solely within the framework of the Safeguards Agreement.
Iran has stated that it remains committed to the Safeguards and will continue its cooperation with the IAEA in accordance with legislation passed by Parliament earlier this year.
That law suspended Iran’s broader cooperation with the IAEA, including provisions for extensive inspections of its nuclear sites. The suspension came after the IAEA declined to condemn airstrikes by the United States and Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities in June.
Iran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and has repeatedly urged the IAEA to avoid adopting politicized positions under Western pressure.
