IRAN-NUCLEAR/MOGHERINI Mogherini and Fabius return to Vienna for nuclear talks

Record ID: 148407

  • Title: IRAN-NUCLEAR/MOGHERINI Mogherini and Fabius return to Vienna for nuclear talks
  • Date: 6th July 2015
  • Summary: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (JULY 5, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF PALAIS COBURG HOTEL CONVOY OF CARS ARRIVING EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, FEDERICA MOGHERINI, ARRIVING TO PALAIIS COBURG HOTEL MOGHERINI SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, FEDERICA MOGHERINI, SAYING: "I would say that from tomorrow onwards, the next couple of da
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius returned to Vienna on Sunday (July 5) for another round of negotiations with Iran.
    Following the expiration of a self-imposed deadline on June 30, Iran and six world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach an accord that would curb Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
    "I would say that from tomorrow onwards, the next couple of days we are here to check and assess if a deal can be closed. And my message today is that if a deal can be closed it's now. It's not time, the issue is political decisions that need to be taken now," Mogherini told reporters in Vienna, where the negotiations are taking place.
    Despite the lapsed deadline, diplomats have given upbeat assessments of the prospects for a deal.
    France's foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said the time was now up to Iran to decide whether it would make commitments on unresolved issues in nuclear talks with major powers.
    "All the cards are on the table. The main question is whether the Iranians will make clear undertakings on what has not yet been clarified. We want it, because we want an agreement that takes us further for security and peace. But everything must be clarified," Fabius said.
    Earlier on Sunday, U S. Secretary of State John Kerry said negotiators were still aiming for the July 7 deadline, but other diplomats have said the talks could slip to July 9, the date by which the Obama administration must submit a deal to Congress in order to get an expedited, 30-day review.
    Iran is in talks with the United States and five other powers - Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia - on an agreement to curtail its nuclear programme for at least a decade in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
    All sides say a deal is within reach. But there are several difficult sticking points, one of which is the IAEA's stalled investigation into the PMD. Others include access to Iranian sites and the timetable for lifting sanctions.
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