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ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) waves next to Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi (R) as he arrives in Cotonou April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Charles Placide
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday defended his country’s controversial nuclear programme while on a tour of west Africa, calling it peaceful and arguing that Tehran has no use for an atomic bomb.
Ahmadinejad, who arrived in Benin on Sunday night, was due later Monday to travel to neighbouring Niger, one of the world’s top producers of uranium.
Uranium from landlocked Niger is trucked to Benin ports for export, but Benin’s foreign minister has insisted that uranium was not on the agenda for his Benin visit.
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