Bilateral meeting of Iran-Russia negotiating delegations in Vienna

According to the foreign policy group of Fars News Agency, following the ongoing consultations in Vienna within the framework of the eighth round of talks between Iran and the P5 + 1 group, this evening (Thursday), March 3, a bilateral meeting of Iran-Russia negotiating delegations chaired by Ali Bagheri, chief negotiator The Islamic Republic of Iran and “Mikhail Ulyanov”, the representative of Russia in international organizations and the negotiator of this country, were held at the permanent representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in international organizations based in Vienna.

“After 11 months, the Vienna talks are now coming to an end.

Ali Bagheri and Enrique Mora, the EU’s deputy foreign policy chief and co-ordinator of the talks, also met earlier.

According to Fars, the talks were also held on Wednesday between the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, headed by Ali Bagheri, the chief negotiator of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and other parties. Accordingly, two meetings were held between the senior Iranian negotiators and three European countries (Germany, France and Britain), as well as a meeting with Bagheri and Enrique Mora, EU Deputy Foreign Minister and Coordinator of the Talks, at the Coburg Hotel in Vienna.

The meeting of the negotiating delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and three European countries continued until Tuesday morning at one o’clock in the morning. Behrouz Kamalvandi, deputy spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization, who is in Vienna for technical talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Mehdi Safari, deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy, attended last night’s meeting with three European countries.

It is worth mentioning that since Monday, when Ali Bagheri returned to Vienna, similar detailed meetings have been held between the two sides.

According to Fars, the eighth round of Vienna talks to lift US sanctions against Iran will begin on Tuesday, February 7, after an 11-day break for consultations with their capitals in the presence of Iran and the P5 + 1 (Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China) resumed in the Austrian capital and has since been held at various levels and formats. Of course, Ali Bagheri, the chief negotiator of the Islamic Republic of Iran, left for Tehran on Wednesday night, March 25, within the framework of the usual traffic during the talks, but the Iranian delegation was in Vienna and continued the consultations. Bagheri returned to Vienna on Monday, March 30, and talks are still ongoing in Vienna.

Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, told a weekly news conference on Monday that the draft agreement had been prepared and that we were now at a point where there was no ambiguity for Washington and Europe about our red lines. We certainly do not cross our red lines.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also said in a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday afternoon about the Vienna talks: “Iran has taken many initiatives to resolve the issues and now requires an agreement, a political decision and a realistic view from the West.” (Read here)

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, tweeted today: “The strategy of ‘active resistance’ has failed Trump’s policy of ‘maximum pressure’, as the current US administration admits.” If the Vienna talks do not lead to a good agreement, the current US administration will certainly feel defeated in the not-too-distant future due to the lack of timely use of diplomatic opportunities.

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