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'Good' progress made at nuclear talks but issues remain: Iran
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IANS | 17 Apr, 2021
Iran's top negotiator at nuclear talks under way in Vienna said on
Saturday that the discussions were on the right track and consultations
would continue.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told
Iranian media that "good discussions" had been held among the
delegations from Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, dpa news
agency reported.
"It seems that a new understanding is emerging
and there is now common ground ... on the final goal," Araghchi was
quoted as saying by state television.
According to Araghchi, Iran
has drafted a roadmap to serve as the basis on which the Islamic
Republic could return to its technical commitments in the nuclear deal
while the US lifts sanctions.
Araghchi cautioned that there
remain "serious disagreements," but said that technical consultations
would go on in the coming days.
The negotiators have been meeting in working groups in the Austrian capital for more than a week.
The
goal is to revive the 2015 nuclear deal that was crafted to constrain
Iran's nuclear programme. It has been hanging by a thread since 2018,
when then-president Donald Trump pulled the US out of the accord and
Tehran began to increasingly violate its terms.
Iran announced a
major hike in its uranium enrichment programme this week, igniting fresh
fears over the ability of the country to produce nuclear weapons.
The
US has a team present but is not engaging in direct talks with their
Iranian counterparts. Instead, other delegations serve as
intermediaries.
Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted on
Saturday that the latest high-level round of talks had ended with
participants showing "determination to continue negotiations with a view
to complete the process successfully as soon as possible."
He said the progress made so far had been "noted" but, like Araghchi, did not provide details.
Negotiators
are trying to get both Iran and the United States to fully recommit to
the deal, which would mean Iran coming back into compliance and
Washington easing sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
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