**Iran has agreed to co-operate with the UN’s nuclear watchdog on inspections of its second uranium-enrichment facility, the EU’s foreign policy chief has said.**Javier Solana said Tehran would invite the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit the site, thought to be near Qom, “in the next couple of weeks”.
The news came after talks with Iran in Geneva about its nuclear programme.
Mr Solana said there would be further dialogue to come, with a second meeting to be held before the end of October.
“It represented the start of what we hope will be an intensive process,” he told a press conference in the Swiss city.
“The significance of this meeting was enhanced by the full participation of the United States for the first time,” he added.
The EU envoy said an agenda for the next meeting would focus on nuclear issues, including proposals put forward by both sides, but also include “any global issues” that any of the parties wished to address.
“Secondly, Iran has told us that it is plans to co-operate fully and immediately with the International Atomic Energy Agency on the new enrichment facility near Qom, and will invite experts from the agency to visit soon, we expect in the next couple of weeks,” he added.
Mr Solana also announced that it was agreed in principle that some low-enriched uranium produced in Iran would be transported to a third country for further enrichment and fabrication into fuel for use by the Tehran research reactor, which he said produced isotopes for medical applications.