Syria to allow UN nuclear inspection
Monday, 02 Jun 2008 12:18
Syria has agreed to allow inspectors to investigate allegations of illegal activity
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The head of the United Nations' (UN) nuclear agency has said that Syria has agreed to allow inspectors to visit the country to investigate allegations of illegal activity.
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Monday that he expected the inspectors to visit Syria between June 22nd and 24th.
UN staff are planning on investigating a site that
Israeli planes destroyed in September and which the UN alleges held a plutonium-producing reactor built in secret with help from
North Korea.
Syria has repeatedly denied the claims and said work at the site had stopped some time before the airstrike.
In April, Mr ElBaradei criticised the US in delaying the release of information on the Syrian site and Israel for bombing the site before it could be inspected.
Previously, American officials presented evidence to the US Congress alleging Syria was building a nuclear reactor very similar to one found at Yongbyon in North Korea.