Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Abbas Araqchi[/caption]TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) have a hard path to pave as the two sides try to reach a final comprehensive agreement on Tehran's nuclear program, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi said.
"Finding a solution is really a difficult and heavy task, but we hope that we could achieve a result in the remaining time to the deadline," Araqchi, who is also a senior Iranian negotiator in the talks with the G5+1, said after a meeting between Iranian and US negotiators in Geneva on Friday.
He reiterated that no one can say that how far Iran-G5+1 talks have made progress so far.
On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautioned the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) not to miss the present opportunity for cutting a final deal with Iran.
Speaking in a televised interview in Geneva, Zarif advised nuclear negotiators to use opportunity for resolution of the deadlock over Iran's nuclear program.
Upon arrival in Geneva, Zarif called on his western counterparts in the nuclear talks to show courage and avoid drawing baseless redlines to make a landmark nuclear deal possible.
"Now we have come to a stage that requires the other side to take its decision in order to enable use to move forward," Zarif said upon arrival in Geneva where he later met his US counterpart John Kerry on the latest developments in talks between Tehran and the G5+1.
"There need to be some new and comprehensive proposals, and we are ready to bring all issues to final results, but we should see the extent of the readiness of the other side," he added.
Zarif asked the western powers to take serious and brave decisions to help the negotiations move forward and produce results and avoid specifying improper redlines.
The 10th round of negotiations between Iran and the six world powers was held in Vienna from November 18 to 24, where the seven nations decided to extend the talks until July after they failed to strike an agreement.
The next round of the nuclear talks between the two sides will be held at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 18.
Iran's nuclear chief announced on Friday that Tehran had done its utmost efforts to bring maximum transparency to its nuclear program and remove the alleged concerns of the Western states, stressing that the world powers had been left with no more excuse to avoid a final agreement with Iran.
By Fars News Agency
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