Iranian, Russian FMs Confer on Progress of Nuclear Talks
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, in a meeting in New York, held talks on a range of issues, including the progress of nuclear negotiations between Tehran and world powers.
During a Saturday meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, the two ministers emphasized the necessity to continue talks over Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Zarif and Lavrov also discussed the upcoming summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states, which is scheduled to be held in Russia’s port city of Astrakhan on Monday.
Nuclear negotiators representing Iran and the Group 5+1 (also known as the P5+1 or E3+3) held a new round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear program in New York this week. The negotiations were wrapped up on Friday night without making any tangible progress.
Iran and the six nations on November 24, 2013, signed an interim nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Based on the interim deal, the world powers agreed to suspend some non-essential sanctions and to impose no new nuclear-related bans in return for Tehran's decision to freeze parts of its nuclear activities.
In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 in the hope of clinching a final deal.