During the meeting in the Austrian capital on Friday, Spassky stressed Russia’s all-out support for cooperation with Iran in the field of peaceful nuclear energy.

Sanayee and Spassky met on the sidelines of the 14th JCPOA joint commission meeting in Vienna.

The senior Russian nuclear official, meantime, noted that the pause in cooperation over Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant is temporary and it is because of technical reasons.

Both sides also discussed construction of 2nd plant in Bushehr, cooperation in technical fields and Iran-Russia joint project in Fordow.

In a relevant development earlier, the Russian nuclear fuel Cycle Company ‘TVEL’ in a statement announced that it had stopped the plan for changing the application of Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.

“Uranium enrichment and the production of stable isotopes cannot be carried out in the same room,” the statement reads.

“To resume this work, we must stop and dismantle the cascades, where uranium enrichment takes place, and thoroughly clean the premises and equipment,” it added.