A member of the Iranian negotiating team says the ongoing nuclear talks between Tehran and the six world powers in the Austrian capital, Vienna, are making good progress.The negotiator said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Unions foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, will finalize the framework of the talks on Wednesday night.
Zarif is leading the Iranian negotiating team while Ashton is heading the Sextet of world powers, which comprises of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- China, Russia, Britain, France and the United States -- plus Germany.
Earlier, Reuters quoted an unnamed senior Western diplomat as saying that the discussions are going "surprisingly well," and that there have not been any real problems so far.
The discussions in Vienna are aimed at hammering out a final agreement on Irans nuclear energy program.
The talks, which commenced on Tuesday, are presided over by Zarif and Ashton and are expected to continue through Thursday.
The discussions mark the first round of high-level negotiations between Tehran and the six world powers after the two sides clinched a landmark interim deal in the Swiss city of Geneva in November 2013.
Under the deal, the six countries undertook to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for Iran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during a six-month period. It was also agreed that no nuclear-related sanctions will be imposed on Iran within the same timeframe.
The agreement, dubbed the Geneva Joint Plan of Action, took effect on January 20.
By Press TV
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