JAKARTA - Russia is ready to accept enriched uranium from Iran as part of a future peace deal with the United States, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Russia, which has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, has repeatedly offered to host Iran's enriched uranium as part of any peace deal.
"This proposal was conveyed by President Putin in contact with the United States and regional countries. The offer is still valid, but has not been followed up," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday in response to a question from AFP, quoted by Al Arabiya (13/4).
Iran and the US held direct negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, last weekend. The negotiations were deadlocked and failed to produce an agreement.
Quoted from BBC, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that among the topics discussed were the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's nuclear program and the end of the war.
The failure of talks between Iran and the United States over the weekend dashed hopes of a quick deal to end a war that has killed thousands of people and plunged the global economy into chaos since it began in late February.
The Kremlin also criticized President Trump's threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that has been paralyzed since the US and Israel began attacking Iran in late February.
"Such actions are likely to continue to have a negative impact on international markets," Peskov said.
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