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Russia chides Iran on nuclear
site military exercise
AFP
Wednesday April 11, 2007
Russia chided Iran on Wednesday for carrying out anti-aircraft
exercises in the immediate vicinity of a nuclear power station being
built by Russian engineers, Interfax news agency reported.
"The Russian embassy expressed bewilderment and asked that
from now on Russian specialists at Bushehr be informed in advance
about that type of activity," foreign ministry spokesman Mikhail
Kamynin was quoted as saying.
Kamynin said the live-fire air defence exercise took place Friday
"in the immediate vicinity" of the almost-completed nuclear
power station at Bushehr.
Russia's nuclear power agency, Rosatom, said the military exercise
"stirred up excessive tension around the site," RIA Novosti
news agency reported, citing a spokesman.
Bushehr is due to be Iran's first nuclear power station. Russia
has also sold Iran sophisticated weaponry, including 29 TOR-M1 anti-aircraft
missile systems.
Washington is leading international pressure against Iran's development
of a nuclear power programme and says that Russia should have cancelled
the TOR-M1 sales because of the international tensions.
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