Russia says UN Iran draft meets main concerns: Ifax

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday a new draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Iran over its nuclear program largely met Moscow's concerns and could become the basis of a consensus decision.

"The new resolution prepared by the EU3 (European big three) that is now being discussed in the Security Council has to a large extent taken into account our approaches," Sergei Lavrov told Interfax in an interview.

"We are counting on ... being able to come to a consensus decision in the U.N. Security Council that will prompt the Iranians to sit down to negotiations and provide active and full cooperation with the IAEA on all the remaining questions relating to Iran's nuclear activity," he said.

Western nations are pushing for a vote this week on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution which imposes sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions.

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