Report: Sextet FMs May Attend Vienna Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Some foreign ministers from six world powers (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) are likely to join a decisive round of marathon talks on Iran’s nuclear program in the Austrian capital on coming Friday, Xinhua reported.
The Chinese news agency quoted a diplomatic source as saying on Monday that it was still unclear which of those foreign ministers would travel to Vienna for the high-profile talks.
According to the report, US Secretary of State John Kerry may also join the talks in Austria following his scheduled trip to China.
Delegates from Iran and the six nations have launched the new round of nuclear talks in the Austrian capital in a bid to hammer out a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear case.
This round of talks, coordinated by the European Union, started on July 2 and is expected to run until at least July 15.
The two sides have now less than two weeks to clinch a deal by their self-imposed deadline that expires on July 20.
Iran and the G5+1 (alternatively known as P5+1 or E3+3) on November 24, 2013, clinched an interim nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The breakthrough agreement (the Joint Plan of Action), which has come into effect since January 20, stipulates that over the course of six months, Iran and the six countries will draw up a comprehensive nuclear deal which will lead to a lifting of the whole sanctions on Iran.
The speculation suggest that the main sticking points in the course of talks include limitations on Iran’s uranium enrichment activities, the fate of Arak-heavy water research reactor, the duration of any nuclear deal and the timetable for ending the sanctions.
