AEOI, France's ITER ink MoU to broaden nuclear cooperation
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Tehran and Paris have agreed to develop their relations in nuclear fusion
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that the organization and France's International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their cooperation in the nuclear fields.
"According to the MoU, Iran and ITER are obliged to keep information of the two sides as confidential," Salehi told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with ITER Director General Bernard Bigot in Tehran on Saturday.
Iran's nuclear chief also expressed hope that his country could join the ITER project by end of 2016.
Bigot is on a two-day visit to Tehran to hold talks with Iran's nuclear fusion experts.
Salehi, heading a high-ranking nuclear delegation, recently visited International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France.
In early July, AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi announced that Tehran and Paris have agreed to develop their relations in nuclear fusion.
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