US President Barack Obama has briefed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran and six major world powers.Obama called Netanyahu on Friday, according to a White House statement, which also reads, The president provided the prime minister with an update on negotiations in Geneva and underscored his strong commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The president and prime minister agreed to continue to stay in touch on this issue, the statement added.
The news comes amid Israels deep anger over the likelihood of an agreement between Iran and the six world powers in the course of the ongoing nuclear talks.
On Friday, Netanyahu utterly denounced a possible agreement in the course of the nuclear talks as very, very bad.
On Thursday, Josh Earnest, a deputy White House spokesman, rejected any critique of the deal as premature.
There is no deal, but there is an opportunity here for a possible diplomatic solution, and that is exactly what we are pursuing, he noted.
The negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain- plus Germany over the Islamic Republics nuclear energy program began in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday. The US secretary of state and the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany joined the talks on Friday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his US counterpart John Kerry and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton held trilateral talks also on Friday in the Swiss city.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, who is also a member of Irans nuclear negotiating team, described the meeting as productive.
He added that the talks, which are aimed at hammering out a draft deal on Tehrans nuclear case, are set to continue on Saturday.
By Press TV
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