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Monday 30 March 2015 - 15:20
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P5+1 foreign ministers meeting intense, optimism exists to reach results

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that session of foreign ministers from the P5+1 Group and Tehran was intensive, but optimism hangs in the air on reaching results on Irans peaceful nuclear energy aspirations.
LAUSANNE (Sputnik)The session offoreign ministers fromthe P5+1 Group and Tehran was intensive, butoptimism hangs inthe air onreaching results onIrans peaceful nuclear energy aspirations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.There was a very intensive and profound session ofthe ministers offoreign affairs ofP5+1 withthe Iranian delegation. Most importantly, what gives optimism is the decisiveness ofall the ministers toreach results, Ryabkov told journalists inSwitzerland.

He added that results could be reached by not giving any pauses and using the current possibilities.

The latest roundof talks onIran's contested nuclear program is taking place inLausanne. Tehran and P5+1 group, comprising the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, the United States and Germany, have held several rounds ofnegotiations sinceNovember 2013.

The foreign ministers ofthe P5+1 group have finished a plenary session withrepresentatives ofIran earlier Monday, and are expected tohave further bilateral negotiations duringthe course ofthe day.

The UN Security Council and a number ofcountries have imposed several rounds ofsanctions onIran, accusing the country ofdeveloping nuclear weapons. Tehran has repeatedly rejected those claims, stating that its uranium enrichment program is forpeaceful purposes only.

March 31 is the deadline forreaching a framework forcomprehensive deal onthe nuclear issue. The deal itself is expected tobe reached bythe end ofJune, 2015.

By Sputnik News

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