29 Mar 2024
Sunday 29 March 2015 - 00:56
Story Code : 157286

Iran ready to continue nuclear talks, but no end in sight yet

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Iran's delegation is ready to continue negotiations with the P5+1 group.

LAUSANNE (Sputnik) Irans delegation atthe nuclear talks inLausanne is ready tocontinue negotiations foras long asit takes, butas fornow, the discussion has failed toreach any results, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Saturday.The Iranian envoy also told reporters that he is absolutely positive that the talks will not result insigning any document.
Araqchi added that there has been no decision yet onwhether Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will have a meeting onSunday todiscuss the Iranian nuclear program.
For overa year now, Tehran and P5+1 group ofinternational negotiators, comprising Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany have been holding talks tocome upwith a comprehensive agreement that would ensure the peaceful nature ofIrans nuclear activities.The sides have set late June 2015 asa deadline forreaching such a deal, while a political framework forthe agreement is expected tobe ready byMarch 31.
The most recent roundof negotiations onthe Iranian nuclear program started inLausanne onThursday and will last untilSunday.

Earlier onSaturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and German Foreign Minister Steinmeier told journalists that progress has been made inthe nuclear talks.


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