The Russian Foreign Minister informed his Chinese counterpart about his talks with Minister Mohammad Zarif, Secretary John Kerry and Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
VIENNA, November 24 (Sputnik) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov toldChinese Foreign Minister Wang YionMonday that he had already met withIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif, US Secretary John Kerry, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier inVienna todiscuss Irans nuclear program.
"I had a chance tomeet withMinisterZarif, SecretaryKerryand MinisterSteinmeier," Lavrov said inEnglish beforestarting his meeting withWang asthe deadline forreaching an agreement onthe Iranian nuclear program expires onMonday.
"And I was looking forward tomeeting you," he told Wang.
The final roundof talks onthe Iranian nuclear program betweenTehran and theP5+1 group ofinternational negotiators comprising Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Germany, began inVienna Tuesday. The group seeks a comprehensive long-term nuclear deal withTehran, guaranteeing the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program. An interim agreement was agreed upon during P5+1 talks in Geneva in November 2013.
The West has accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear program. These claims have been repeatedly denied by Tehran officials assuring that the country's nuclear development has a peaceful nature and is aimed at satisfying Iran's energy needs.