TEHRAN – Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Muhammad Eslami has held meetings with counterparts and senior officials from Russia, Hungary and Norway during his stay in Vienna where he is taking part in the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Eslami said in a post on his X page on Tuesday that he had discussed peaceful nuclear energy cooperation between Iran and Russia during a meeting with the Director General of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev, including issues related to the construction of second and third units at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. 
He said that he had discussed issues like training, nuclear regulation, and safety standards with the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
Eslami said he and Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik had agreed in their meeting that the Western parties to a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers should comply with their commitments under the deal. 
The Iranian nuclear chief said he would hold further talks with officials of other countries during his stay in Vienna.
On Tuesday, on the sidelines of the 68th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Muhammad Reza Kardan held talks with the head of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor), AlexanderTrembitsky. 
The meeting was held in a bid to deepen cooperation between Tehran
 and Moscow in the areas of industrial and nuclear safety as well as environmental monitoring.
At the meeting, Iran’s proposal to create a network of nuclear regulatory bodies of BRICS member states was welcomed by the Russian side.
The proposal is to be discussed at the upcoming summit of foreign ministers of BRICS member states.
The 68th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference is being held from 16 to 20 September 2024 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in Vienna, Austria, where high-ranking officials and representatives from IAEA Member States will consider various issues.