Turkey backs Iranian nuclear swap proposal to IAEA

ISTANBUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkey voiced here on Sunday its support for Iranian uranium swap proposal to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano separately to discuss the Iranian proposal on Sunday on the sidelines of the United Nations' Somalia Conference.

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin said Turkey had gone over the letter to be submitted to the IAEA in Vienna and "liked its tone and found it positive."

Davutoglu also told Amano to show leadership and further the process without losing any time.

Turkey, Brazil and Iran penned a uranium swap agreement last Monday under which Iran would hand over 1200 kg of low enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 20 percent enriched fuel rods for the Tehran research reactor.

The swap agreement risked being derailed by a U.S. proposal for a new round of sanctions against Iran the following day, however it is still proceeding as planned.

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