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P5+1 starts drafting preliminary deal on Iran nuclear program - Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the P5+1 group and Iran agreed on all issues of Tehran's nuclear program and are due to start drafting preliminary agreement.

LAUSANNE (Sputnik) The P5+1 group and Iran agreed onall key aspects and are due tostart drafting preliminary deal onTehrans nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.

"We can quite certainly say that onall the key aspects offinal settlement ofthis problem, the ministers have reached principal consent that will be, hopefully inthe next hours, maybe a day, put onthe paper. The experts were tasked withthis," Lavrov told reporters Wednesday.

Lavrov also said that the preliminary agreement onIrans nuclear program will include verification mechanisms guaranteeing peaceful nature ofTehrans nuke and stipulate lifting sanctions.

"The agreement includes an all encompassing approach tothe settlement, including verification measures ofexclusively peaceful nature ofnuclear program onthe line ofIAEA, and extensive provisions forlifting sanctions," Lavrov told reporters.

Lavrov said that although the experts ofthe P5+1 and Iran started todraft the preliminary nuclear agreement a lot more work lies further ahead.

"It will not mean the end ofthe work, it will mean that we have fulfilled the obligations we undertook inNovember toform a political framework ofall political aspects ofthe problem and then, bythe end ofJune aswe agreed, the experts will be working ontechnical details which will require quite serious efforts, because asyou know the devil is indetail," he said, adding that nuclear problem requires most ofthe attention.

The P5+1 group ofinternational mediators, comprising Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, the United States and Germany, and Iran are holding talks inSwitzerland onTehran's uranium enrichment program.

The P5+1 foreign ministers have held several rounds oftalks sinceNovember 2013, trying toconvince Iran tolimit its uranium enrichment, so that there is a guarantee that its nuclear program is not aimed atdeveloping nuclear weapons.

The negotiating parties are expected towork outa preliminary agreement onWednesday. A comprehensive deal ensuring the peaceful nature ofTehran's nuclear activities is due tobe achieved byJuly 2015.

The agreement could result ineasing or lifting the international sanctions inexchange forcurbs onTehran's nuclear research and increased monitoring ofnuclear facilities.

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