Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Israel's claim on involvement of Pretoria in Iran's nuclear activities not true

Iranian.ws:
The South African Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nomfanelo Kota here Monday dismissed claims by Israeli diplomatic sources on South Africa's participation in Iran's nuclear program. Turning to the report issued in the periodicals of Israeli gov. quoting diplomatic sources associated with the country's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, she said that such a claim is baseless. She called on Israel to submit the relevant documents to South Africa to prove its claim. READ MORE

Kota called for Israel's explanation on its claim of nuclear cooperation between Iran and South Africa. The claim by Israeli officials of Iran-South Africa atomic collaboration was published while the South African President Thabo Mbeki calls for resumption of talks on Iran's nuclear issue. During the 60th regular meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York attended by the heads of member states, Mbeki said that the relevant negotiations should be conducted with UN close cooperation.