| IAEA says Syria nuclear probe off to good start |
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| Thursday,June 26,2008 Posted: 15:46 BJT(0746 GMT) |
| From:cctv Article type:Reproduced |
The head of a UN nuclear inspection team says a probe into a suspected secret nuclear reactor in Syria is off to "a good start", and inspectors are generally satisfied with the country's co-operation.
The IAEA team has returned to Vienna after a 4-day inspection tour in Syria. Washington claims Israel destroyed a secret reactor in Syria in an air strike last September. But inspectors say it's too early to draw conclusions.
The UN nuclear watchdog's probe into
an alleged covert nuclear facility in
the Syrian desert has gotten off to
"a good start," IAEA deputy chief Olli
Heinonen, seen here in 2007, said.
(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
Olli Heinonen, IAEA Chief Inspector, said, "Start, a good start you know. What we did is we had our talks, we visited the site which was subject to this attack, this destruction. Then we had a meeting and now from here on, we continue our discussion with our Syrian counterparts. So that's where we are, nothing less nothing more. It's a good start but there is still work that remains to be done. I takes quite a while."
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