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August 22, 2009 - 0:0

IAEA chief to present new reports on Iran, Syria next week

@T= VIENNA (IRNA) – International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei is to present his latest reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to the agency’s Board of Governors next week, an informed source said on Thursday.
The unnamed source added that the reports by ElBaradei who is to leave his post as the agency’s chief on December 1, are expected to be most likely issued simultaneously.
Based on the agency’s regulations, the IAEA chief should hand over his latest report to the Board of Governors between 10 days to two weeks before its meetings.
The next meeting of the board which is to continue for a week is to start on September 7 at the UN office in Vienna, Austria.