Kuwait has expressed safety concerns over Iran's new nuclear reactor on the opposite side of the Gulf, fearing fallout from possible leaks, the official news agency KUNA reported.
Kuwait has expressed safety concerns over Iran's new nuclear reactor on
the opposite side of the Gulf, fearing fallout from possible leaks, the
official news agency KUNA reported.
"Kuwait's concern is based on fears of any leaks due to natural causes
that may have future consequences," foreign ministry undersecretary Khaled
al-Jarallah said, quoted by KUNA late Monday.
Kuwait
is
the nearest country to the Russian-built nuclear plant in the Iranian city of
Bushehr
,
located like
Kuwait
in
the northern Gulf.
Iran
loaded the Bushehr facility with nuclear fuel last Saturday and the
United
States
said there was no
"proliferation risk" from the civilian plant because of Russian
involvement.
A number of Kuwaiti lawmakers, however, have called on the government to take
precautionary measures against any incident from
Iran
's
first nuclear plant.
But
Iran
's
foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly
press conference Tuesday that the Bushehr plant adheres to "high
standards" and had the seal of approval of the United Nations nuclear
watchdog.
"Due to the high standards with regards to safeguards in the Bushehr
nuclear power plant, there should be no concern about it," he said. "The
International Atomic Energy Agency has approved the safeguards in the Bushehr
plant."
Kuwaiti media said a senior Iranian official is expected in the emirate within
days, possibly to discuss the nuclear plant issue.
During a brief visit to
Kuwait
Monday, following talks in
Tehran
,
Qatar
's
Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said in a statement carried by
KUNA that the Bushehr plant was
Iran
's
business.
"If the plant is peaceful and for power use according to our information,
then this is a legitimate right for
Iran
under
international law and we do not want to change this framework at the present
time," he said.
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