Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mikhail Kamynin on Thursday stated that the call of US Undersecretary of State Nicolas Burns on Russia to stop nuclear cooperation with Iran is "illegal." Reacting to remarks made by Burns, Kamynin said that every country is entitled to decide about the states with which they wish to cooperate as well as the procedure of the collaboration.
"Only the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is authorized to decide about ending cooperation with any country as well as on other matters, but the council has not made such a decision about Iran's nuclear program," he added, according to IRNA.
Kamynin said that Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is built under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and is in accordance with international treaties. It has nothing to do with the country's uranium enrichment process, he added. "Besides, it is clear to the US that the nuclear reactor of Bushehr Power Plant cannot be used for military purpose, given its technical specifications."
