MOSCOW, January 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will follow advice of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the Iranian nuclear issue when the governors of the UN's nuclear watchdog meet next, Russia's foreign minister said Thursday.

As the Iran dispute continues to dominate global affairs, Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his French counterpart, Philippe Douste-Blazy, that the nuclear non-proliferation regime should be guide the search for solutions to the Iranian issue and highlighted that it was central to Russia's construction of a power plant in Iran.

He also said "a professional appraisal" of the situation was highly important, adding that international community should resolve the problem.

Lavrov denied that Russian experts had been involved in the formation of the Iranian nuclear program, saying safeguards in national legislation meant that any such attempt would have been spotted.