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Brazil urges peaceful solution to Iran nuclear issue

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 BRAZILIA; The Brazilian president has backed Iran's rights to peaceful nuclear energy and called for a “just solution” to Tehran's nuclear dispute with the West. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed by his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday. Lula reiterated that Brazil backed Iran's plans to use “peaceful nuclear energy in full respect of international accords.” He further called on Iran to "continue contacts with interested countries for a just solution on the nuclear issue in Iran." Brazil has repeatedly voiced its support of Iran's nuclear plan and opposed sanctions against the country. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program led to a major breakthrough when the UN nuclear watchdog proposed that Iran should send most of its domestically produced low-enriched uranium (LEU) abroad in exchange for metal fuel rods for its Tehran medical research reactor. Iran has officially announced that it wi...