Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif said there is still plenty of�work ahead�in drawing up a final agreement, but sounded hopeful that a result would finally be reached.

LAUSANNE (Sputnik) � Significant progress has been noted in�the P5+1 and Iran talks on�nuclear energy, but�no final results have been reached yet, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif said Thursday.

�We have made significant progress. We don't have any final result yet,� Zarif told journalists in�Switzerland where talks on�Iran�s�nuclear ambitions�have been underway for�several days.

He said that there is still plenty of�work ahead in�drawing up�a final agreement, but�sounded hopeful that a result would finally be reached.

�What we expect at�this stage is we hope to�set out�parameters of�resolutions for�the issues that need to�be resolved in�order to�write, draft, and hopefully agree on�a comprehensive plan of�action which would be a final program,� Zarif added.

The�minister�added that a joint statement will be made by�him and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, if negotiations are successful.

Earlier on�Thursday, a US State Department spokesperson stated that ongoing talks on�the Iran nuclear issue in�the Swiss city of�Lausanne stopped for�a few hours after�a night of�negotiations, resuming later in�the day.

The Lausanne round�of negotiations began March 19. Iran and the P5+1 group of�international mediators, which includes Russia, the United States, France, China, the United Kingdom and Germany, were supposed to�reach�a political framework agreement on�Tuesday. However, the talks�continue�as�the parties have not yet come to�an agreement.

The West, which fears that Iran is developing�nuclear weapons�under�the guise of�a civilian nuclear energy program, wants Tehran to�halt its uranium enrichment program and decrease the number of�centrifuges in�the country.

Tehran, in�turn, wants Western sanctions imposed against�Iran over�its nuclear activities to�be fully lifted as�part of�the deal with�the P5+1.
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