Al Arabiya
Following Israeli frustration over a proposed interim nuclear deal
between Iran and international negotiators, the U.S. president on Friday
briefed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the talks.Barack Obama called Netanyahu after the White House had signaled frustration with the Israeli premier, who had earlier complained that the proposed deal was “very bad.”
Negotiators from key world powers and Tehran strove for a breakthrough in talks in Geneva that offer the best hope in years of ending the atomic showdown peacefully.
The talks will stretch into a third day on Saturday in Geneva, U.S. officials have confirmed, according to Agence France-Presse.
P5+1 foreign ministers – from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany -- are pursuing an agreement to freeze Iran’s nuclear program and offer some modest relief from the sanctions that have crippled the Islamic Republic’s economy. But the details of the new deal have not been made public yet.
Meanwhile, the White House said that Obama called Netanyahu with an update on the talks between the P5+1 group of world nations and Iran in the Swiss city.
“The president provided the prime minister with an update on negotiations in Geneva and underscored his strong commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” a statement said.
“The president and prime minister agreed to continue to stay in touch on this issue,” the statement said, adding that Obama reiterated his commitment to preventing Tehran getting a nuclear bomb.
Earlier, in a sign of irritation with Netanyahu, the White House earlier rejected angry Israeli criticism of the possible deal.
“There is no deal. Any critique of the deal is premature,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said aboard Air Force One, according to AFP.
Netanyahu had earlier warned U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who had stopped in Tel Aviv on the way from Jordan to Switzerland for the talks, that he was offering Iran “the deal of the century.”
“This is a very bad deal. Israel utterly rejects it,” Netanyahu said, vowing that Israel would not be bound by any agreement and reserved the right to do whatever is necessary to defend itself -- a clear allusion to a pre-emptive military strike.
“I reminded him (Kerry) that he said that no deal is better than a bad deal. And the deal that is being discussed in Geneva right now is a bad deal,” Netanyahu said.
“Iran is not required to take apart even one (uranium enrichment) centrifuge. But the international community is relieving sanctions on Iran for the first time after many years.”
(With AFP)
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The deal currently being discussed in Geneva, if successful, would only take effect 6 months from the date of signing – something that the Iranian delegation cannot return to Tehran with, Amirahmadi added.
RT: With top diplomats, like the US Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister now unexpectedly gathering in Geneva - do you think we are on the verge of a breakthrough?
Hooshang Amirahmadi: I think so. The fact is that the Islamic Republic as we know it at this point has accepted the basic requirements of the P5+1 and that is that it would make every effort to show that its nuclear program would remain peaceful, that it would stop 20 percent enrichment, it would make the stockpiles irrelevant and so many other steps. So I think at this point Iran is doing what is was expected to do.
I think the real issue is what Iran gets in return. I think that’s where the problem really stands now and that is why there is this trilateral meeting between Ashton, Zarif and Kerry. And I believe Kerry and Zarif are talking over what to do with the sanctions. The Americans at this point have not really given up much.
In fact what they are giving is much less that perhaps than they were ready to do back in 2003 even. Then they were ready to give even more than they are now. They are talking about some relief on frozen assets, not all of them, some of them. They are talking about some relief on Iran’s petro-chemicals or gold; a lot of these are completely irrelevant. As far as Iran is concerned. The real issue with Iran at this point are of course the sanctions on oil and gas as well as on the banking system.
Even with these sanctions that Mr Kerry is proposing to lift, in fact even there they are not 100 percent, they are very much not only half-hearted but that they also want to wait until the end of this story. That is they are not doing anything until Iran does what it is supposed to do, and prove that it has done it and then these sanctions would be lifted. And that means that Iran would have to wait another six months to get any sanctions relieved. And that is not the kind of deal that Zarif can take to Tehran and sell it to anybody in Iran, particularly the radicals. It would be impossible.
RT: The Israeli Prime Minister criticized the potential agreement - let's hear what he had to say:
Netanyahu: “Iran got the deal of the century and the international community got a bad deal. This is a very bad deal.”
RT: Do you think he is jumping into conclusions here in terms of the deal and what is going to come out of it?
HA: Obviously the Israeli government has insider knowledge that we don’t. I’m sure that the Israeli government knows exactly what is happening every second of the way. They are being informed by US government, briefed every minute. So they have some idea of what the deal is all about but we know for a fact that it hasn’t been signed, it hasn’t been completed and that there is still discussion going on. And Mr Kerry is resisting the demands from the other five in coming with some kind of better deal for Iran........http://rt.com/op-edge/iran-us-israel-deal-464/
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Fabius reste prudent
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Trois écueils, selon la délégation française, mobilisent encore les négociateurs : le devenir du stock d'uranium iranien enrichi à 20%, celui du site d'Arak où les Iraniens construisent un réacteur à eau lourde (deuxième filière avec l'enrichissement permettant de fabriquer une arme nucléaire) et "la question de la perspective d'enrichissement d'uranium pour l'Iran à plus long terme".
Mais le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Laurent Fabius, multiplie les déclarations de prudence. "Il y a un texte initial que nous n'acceptons pas (...) je n'ai aucune certitude qu'on puisse conclure à l'heure où je vous parle", a déclaré samedi matin le ministre sur France Inter. Soulevant le problème du stock d'uranium à 20% et les inquiétudes d'Israël, Laurent Fabius a estimé que "si ces questions-là ne sont pas réglées, ce ne sera pas possible". S'il veut un accord, il met en garde contre "un jeu de dupes".
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche-orient/nucleaire-iranien-selon-fabius-il-n-y-a-aucune-certitude-sur-la-reussite-des-negociations_454570.html#xtor=RSS-3-[lestitres]
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Israeli PM to Kerry: We won't be bound by agreement with Iran.
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Netanyahu met with Kerry at the airport on Friday morning, just before Kerry was to continue on to Geneva to join the talks between Iran and the Western countries.
The meeting was described as "tense" with Netanyahu saying before it that Israel vehemently opposes the apparent deal that seems to come into play on the Iranian nuclear plan.
"I hear that the Iranians are walking in Geneva with a smile on their faces, and they have good reason for it," Netanyahu said, according to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office.
"They got everything they wanted and gave nothing. They'll get a decrease in sanctions but they won't reduce their enrichment capabilities, so Iran got the deal of the century," the prime minister added.
"Israel rejects this plan completely... Israel will not be committed to such an agreement and will do whatever is necessary to protect itself," he said.
Netanyahu also tied that sentiment to the peace process with the Palestinians, and said that Israel, on this topic as well, will "not compromise on its safety and vital interests up against international pressure."
"No amount of pressure will make me or the Israeli government compromise on the security and national interests of Israel," he said in that respect.
Kerry expanded his stay in the Mideast on Thursday to try and salvage the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, but decided to join world powers in Geneva after an invitation by the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton.
Kerry's eighth visit to the region started on Wednesday with shuttle diplomacy between Jerusalem and Ramallah to overcome major roadblocks in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Another topic on the agenda was the Iranian nuclear plan, with Israel insisting on the need to keep sanctions intact so Iran will back off from developing nuclear capabilities. xinhuanet.com
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World powers must 'seize moment' in Iran talks: Britain ...
ReplyDeleteAFP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday that world powers needed to seize the opportunity to reach a deal as talks over Iran's nuclear programme entered a third day in Geneva.
"There is now a real concentration on these negotiations so we have to do everything we can to seize the moment and seize the opportunity to reach a deal that has eluded the world," Hague told journalists.
http://www.france24.com/en/20131109-world-powers-must-seize-moment-iran-talks-britain
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Entretien Lavrov-Davutoglu: Syrie et coopération bilatérale au menu...
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"Les interlocuteurs ont procédé à un échange de vues sur la situation actuelle en Syrie. Ils ont par ailleurs souligné l'importance des efforts visant à convoquer au plus vite une conférence de paix sur la Syrie (Genève-2) réunissant les représentants du gouvernement syrien et des principaux groupes politiques et ethno-confessionnels d'opposition", lit-on dans le communiqué.
Les ministres ont également discuté des questions bilatérales d'actualité, y compris dans le cadre des préparatifs de la quatrième réunion du Conseil de coopération de haut niveau entre la Russie et la Turquie.
http://fr.ria.ru/world/20131109/199755357.html
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