Vienna, May 15, IRNA Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton resumed bilateral talks on Thursday to continue discussions for the third day over drafting a final agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1.Talks between the Iranian and G5+1 delegations will start at the end of Zarif-Ashton negotiations.
Zarif and Ashton are to continue talks on issues disscussed in yesterday?s sessions.
On Wednesday, the two sides held two mornign and afternoon sessions to compile a draft text for a comprehensive agreement.
Zarif arrived in the Austrian capital on May 13 for talks with the six western powers (US, Britain, Russia, France and China plus Germany) to hammer out a final nuclear agreement by the end of the six-month interim accord set to expire on July 20,
The negotiations between Iran and the sextet is focused on drafting a final deal that will ultimately provide a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.
The talks between Tehran and the G5+1 are part of efforts to seal a final deal on Irans nuclear energy program.
Iran and the Group 5+1 representatives had several sessions of talks in Vienna on March 18-19 too.
Following the breakthrough interim agreement between Iran and the six powers, the two sides accepted to send their senior negotiating teams to monthly meetings to discuss a final and comprehensive deal until July. If the seven nations fail to agree on a final deal by then, the Geneva interim agreement will be extended for another 6 months.
On November 24, Iran and the Group 5+1 sealed a six-month Joint Plan of Action to lay the groundwork for the full resolution of the Wests decade-long dispute with Iran over the latter?s peaceful nuclear energy program.
By IRNA
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