Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry lead the negotiations on Friday.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi;Zarifs deputies, Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-e Ravanchi;US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman;andUS Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz arealso attendingthe sixth day of the latest round ofnuclear talks over Tehran's nuclear program.
This is while the office ofEU foreign policy chief, FedericaMogherini, has announced that she will meet UKPrime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and GermanChancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of an EU leaders summit in Brussels on Friday to discuss the ongoing Iran-P5+1 negotiations.
Zarif responds to Obama
Earlier in the day, Zarif took to his twitter account to respond to a statement by USPresident Barack Obama. Zarifsaid Iranians have already made their choice: engage with dignity with the Western powers over Tehrans nuclear work, adding, It is high time for the US and its allies to choose: pressure of agreement.
On Thursday,in his annual video message marking the Iranian new year, Nowruz, Obama had sought to throw the ball in Iran's court in the nuclear negotiations.
Irans leaders have a choice between two paths a path that has isolated Iran and the Iranian people [and] the path of greater opportunities for the Iranian people, said Obama.
The days and weeks ahead will be critical, our negotiations have made progress, but gaps remain,he added.
The latest round of negotiations overthe Iranian nuclear program kicked off in the Swiss city on March 15with Salehi and Moniz holding high-level technical talks. Experts from Iran and the US as well asthe AEOI spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, also participated in the meeting.
The talks between the US and Iran are part of broader negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries, namely Russia, China, the US, the UK, France and Germany, to reach a comprehensive agreement on Tehrans nuclear program as a deadline slated for July 1 draws closer.
The two sides have already missed two self-imposed deadlines for inking a final agreement since they signed an interim accord in the Swiss city of Geneva in November 2013.
By Press TV
