Russia positive on Iran nuclear deal conclusion
Russia has expressed confidence that Iran and the P5+1 countries would finally hammer out a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear energy program by July 1.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in Geneva on Tuesday that tangible progress was being made after US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held two-day talks in the Swiss city.
"We are satisfied to see every new meeting achieve further progress," Ryabkov added.
"There is a growing confidence that an agreement will be reached by the assigned deadline -- in other words, June 30," Russia’s senior negotiator said.
Representatives from Iran and the United States started nuclear talks on Sunday in Geneva. They held three rounds of negotiations in an attempt to narrow differences.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Monday after the end of the talks, Zarif said negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 countries – Britain, France, China, Russia, and the United States plus Germany – will resume their discussions in Geneva next week.
Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have missed two deadlines so far to reach a nuclear agreement since an interim deal was sealed in November 2013.
The two sides have set July 1 as the next deadline for the talks.
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