US: A few small issues remain in the Vienna talks

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, “Ned Price”, the spokesman of the US State Department, stated in a press conference on Monday that there are some small issues left in the negotiations on lifting the sanctions in Vienna.

“We are at a stage that can be considered close to the finish line. When you are near the finish line, the issues that remain are relatively more difficult,” he said, adding that “complex negotiations” are under way. . »

On Friday last week, negotiators in Vienna announced that Vienna talks on BRICS had been suspended and that negotiating delegations had returned to their capitals for consultations. EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell said the talks had been suspended due to “external factors”.

Borrell declined to comment on “external factors.” Iran says new US demands and some measures, such as the seizure of its Iranian tanker, have complicated the negotiations. Western parties claim that Russia’s request for a guarantee for relations with Iran has been delayed.

“Work is underway on some aspects of the forthcoming agreement to revive the ‘nuclear deal,'” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The text of the agreement is still being drafted on the remaining issues between the United States and Iran, and a number of political decision negotiators have agreed to approve the final text. “However, any kind of delay in this process is impossible.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry added that Russia was moving forward with the fact that “the way to effectively revive the implementation of the UN Security Council is to restore the balance between the nuclear and economic elements of the” agreement “so that it is in the interests of all parties.”

On the other hand, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Amir Abdullahian was going to Moscow tomorrow and added about the Vienna talks: “We are not at the point of announcing an agreement now, because some key issues remain open that must be decided in Washington.” To be adopted.

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