DHAKA: The head of the United Nations atomic energy agency, Yukiya Amano, said he hoped to finalise a technical agreement with Iran during a trip to Tehran on Monday.

Iranian media reported, says The Jerusalem Post.

‘I hope that today we can have a joint statement based on understandings and agreements that are made. Technical experts from both sides are set to discuss and finalize the details of this agreement,’ Amano was reported saying by the student news agency (ISNA).

He spoke before meeting the head of Iran’s atomic energy organization, Ali Akbar Salehi.

BDST: 1728 HRS, NOV 11, 2013
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