The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met Thursday to discuss the Syrian nuclear issue.
According to the agenda, the two-day meeting of the IAEA board of governors was to focus on nuclear issues involving Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Syria.
The meeting was to discuss reports submitted by IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei on Iranian and Syrian nuclear issues.
An IAEA diplomat said there may be disputes on the Syrian nuclear issue. Western countries, including the United States, continuously accuse Syria of secretly developing nuclear weapons.
The United States claims that the remote desert site, Al-Kibar, had been a covert nuclear reactor close to completion, until it was destroyed by Israeli bombs in September 2007.
According to the IAEA's latest investigation report, investigators have found some characteristics that "are similar to a reactor site" in the bombed Syrian equipment, and "a significant number of uranium particles" that are not natural uranium but "produced as a result of chemical processing." However, the report also pointed out that relevant evidence was not sufficient to draw a conclusion on the nature of the destroyed site.
The diplomat said the United States may ask to pass a resolution to press Syria, but this may not gain support from a majority of member states because no conclusions concerning the IAEA's investigations have been yet drawn.
ElBaradei said at the start of the meeting that "for the agency to complete its assessment, maximum transparency by Syria is essential."
Source:Xinhua
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