Syria nuclear visit ‘inconclusive’
26/6/08
An initial investigation into a Syrian site alleged by the US to have hosted a secret nuclear reactor was inconclusive, a senior UN inspector has said. Olli Heinonen, a deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Wednesday that “work needs to be done” in investigating claims that Damascus was hiding a potential nuclear arms programme. Farouk al-Sharaa, Syria’s vice-president, told the Hezbollah-owned Al Manar TV station that the government permitted the inspectors to visit the site to disprove Washington’s accusations. The site of the alleged reactor in al-Kibar, eastern Syria, was bombed by Israeli warplanes in September.
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