IRAN-NUCLEAR/WANG-LAVROV ARRIVALS Foreign ministers of China, Russia arrive for Iran talks

Record ID: 148073

  • Title: IRAN-NUCLEAR/WANG-LAVROV ARRIVALS Foreign ministers of China, Russia arrive for Iran talks
  • Date: 7th July 2015
  • Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (JULY 7, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF PALAIS COBURG HOTEL, VENUE OF IRAN NEGOTIATIONS SIGN READING (English): "PALAIS COBURG RESIDENZ" HOTEL WINDOWS CAR ARRIVING CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER, WANG YI, GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WALKING IN SECURITY OUTSIDE HOTEL CAR ARRIVING RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WALKING IN
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2TL7XFZSJP87HQ2O1Q22Q9UEQ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russia's Sergei Lavrov arrived for Iran nuclear talks in Vienna on Tuesday (July 7) as a deadline to reach an agreement drew closer.
    Iran, the United States and five other major powers missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement, but have given themselves until Tuesday for a deal to restrain the Iranian nuclear programme in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
    The foreign ministers of the six powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - met on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif.
    The deal under discussion is aimed at curbing Tehran's most sensitive nuclear work for a decade or more, in exchange for relief from sanctions that have slashed Iran's oil exports and crippled its economy.
    The United States and its allies fear Iran is using its civilian nuclear programme as a cover to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Iran says its programme is peaceful.
    An agreement would be the most important milestone in decades towards easing hostility between the United States and Iran, enemies since Iranian revolutionaries captured 52 hostages in the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.
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