There are still many gaps and disagreements between the two sides, Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchitold Press TV upon arrival in the Austrian capital city of Vienna on Tuesday for the continuation of talks with world powers.
The negotiators are trying to reach a single agreed text," Araqchi said, adding, We think that we can do that even before the deadline.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries - the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - are set to start a new round of talks in Vienna on Tuesday at deputy and expert levels in order to narrow gaps on the outstandingissues.
In response to aquestion about the previous round of negotiations in New York, Araqchisaid, What we achieved in New York was the first draft of the whole package.
"Now, we have a written text, although we still have lots of brackets, which represent the differences we have, he added.
He further noted that the talks in Vienna are aimed at reducing the "number of brackets" and "cleaning" the text as much as possible.
Asked about Iran signing the Additional Protocol tothe nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for snap inspection of nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic, Araqchi said, "More than 120 countries have already implemented that. So from that point of view, this is not something extraordinary.
The high-ranking Iranian official also said one of the most significant issues under discussion in Vienna will be the lifting of sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
All economic and financial sanctionsshould be terminated on the day that we start to implement the final deal, Araqchi said, notingthat there will be no phased sanctions removal.
On May 7, experts fromIran and the P5+1ended their latest round of talks in New York, which were held on the sidelines of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the NPT.Furthermore,Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held important talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York, April 27, 2015. AFP[/caption]Iran and the P5+1 group reached a mutual understanding on Tehrans nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2.
They agreed to finalize a comprehensive deal on Tehrans nuclear program by the end of June.
By Press TV
