MOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister said Thursday that the joint construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran is a perfect model of cooperation in the nuclear sector.
"The Bushehr NPP and the whole construction project, including the return of spent nuclear fuel to Russia, is seen as a model for the development of cooperation in this sphere with Iran," Sergei Lavrov said.
"The Bushehr NPP is not considered by anyone as a threat," Lavrov said referring to possible economic sanctions against Iran.
Russia is helping to build an $800-million plant in Bushehr, 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Tehran, which had been previously scheduled to be operational by the end of 2006.
