IAEA to get more money for Iran nuclear deal monitoring
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VIENNA - Several states pledged on Thursday to back a UN nuclear agency request for 4.6 million euros ($5.7 million) as soon as possible to pay for its monitoring of an extended, interim nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
The support voiced at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) highlighted the political importance of efforts to end a 12-year dispute over Iran's nuclear program, also for countries not directly involved in the diplomacy.
Norway pledged 1 million euros - more than a fifth of the total - and the Netherlands promised 100,000 euros, diplomats who attended the closed-door session in Vienna said.
The United States and Britain - two of the powers engaged in negotiations with Iran - also said they would help. "We would like to announce our intent to make an additional extra-budgetary contribution," US Ambassador Laura Kennedy said.
