Cairo, Dec. 21 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged UN's nuclear watchdog chief, Rafel Grossi, to keep the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) investigation into Iran's nuclear programme within a balanced, neutral, non-political, and impartial framework, saying any renewed cooperation must be on mutually acceptable terms.
"We call on IAEA Director General Grossi, who is pushing to restore contacts with Tehran, to strictly adhere to the founding mission of the IAEA Secretariat," Lavrov told the media in Cairo on Friday, reports TASS today.
"This includes the neutral, unbiased, and professional nature of assessments and the broader activities of this organisation," Lavrov added.
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