Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif[/caption]TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played down expectations on Wednesday that top diplomats of Britain, France and Germany would join the fresh round of negotiations on Tehrans nuclear program in Switzerland.
Speaking to reporters in the Swiss city of Lausanne, Zarif said it seems unlikely that Germanys Frank Walter Steinmeier, Frances Laurent Fabius, and Britains Philip Hammond will join the talks.
Back on Tuesday, Zarif said political directors from Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are due to join the Lausanne talks to help the discussions during the final days of this round of negotiations.
With the Iranian new year holiday of Nowrouz approaching this week, Iranian and American diplomats have launched a decisive round of diplomacy in Lausanne since Sunday to pave the way for a landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) ahead of a June 30 deadline.
By Tasnim News Agency
