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The Commission welcomed the June report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) but noted with concern that Iran had failed to fulfil some of its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguards agreement.
In the meantime, on 26th August 2003, as a follow-up to the June report, the IAEA issued a new report with further findings. The August report highlights that while Iran has demonstrated an increased degree of cooperation, this cooperation was at times slow in coming and some of the information contradicted what had previously been provided. This report will be analysed by the IAEA board of directors at a meeting in the week commencing 8 September 2003. It is also likely that European foreign ministers will discuss this matter at the Gymnich meeting in Italy this weekend.
The Commission has called for full transparency from Iran on this issue and has consistently stated that the issue of weapons of mass destruction constitutes one of the major concerns in relations between the European Union and Iran. Through contacts at ministerial and official level, the Commission has asked Iran to proceed to a prompt signature and ratification of the additional protocol and to cooperate fully and in a transparent manner with the IAEA. Without such a protocol in force, it would be hard for the IAEA to assure itself that there was no undeclared nuclear activity in Iran.
The Commission makes every effort to base itself on available objective information, in particular IAEA sources. We will be following developments within the IAEA closely, not least in view of the meeting I had a couple of months ago with Dr El Baradei."@en1
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