A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator has expressed optimism that Iran and the P5+1 could reach a comprehensive agreement on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in a “very short period of time.”
“We are optimistic and really believe we can reach a final agreement in a very short time, the exact date of which [however] cannot be predicted,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi on Monday.
In their last round of talks before a November 24 deadline, Iran and the P5+1– Russia, China, Britain, France, the US and Germany – held nearly a week of intense negotiations in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on how to tackle the remaining obstacles that exist in the way of reaching a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
Takht-e-Ravanchi said that the viewpoints of the negotiating sides on many issues have converged, blaming time limitation for not having clinched a final agreement with the P5+1 group in Vienna.
“The issues are complicated. It will be a time-consuming process if you intend to reach agreement on very detailed issues. You cannot reach agreement on everything in a limited time span,” he said.
Iran and the P5+1 decided to extend their discussions for seven more months in the search for a comprehensive agreement that would end a 12-year dispute on Iran’s peaceful nuclear work after they missed the Monday midnight deadline, which had been set by the negotiating sides themselves.
They agreed that the interim deal they signed in the Swiss city of Geneva last November will remain in place during the course of the new negotiations until July 1, 2015.
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