The talks between Iran and six world powers in the city of Lausanne have now been extended into Thursday, despite what had originally been a Tuesday midnight deadline, in an effort to hammer out the outline of an agreement on curbing Tehran's nuclear programme.
"The sense that we have is that, yes, the talks continue to be productive and that progress is being made," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
"As long as we are in a position of convening serious talks that are making progress," Earnest said, Washington "would not arbitrarily or abruptly end them."
"But if we are in a situation where we sense that the talks have stalled then yes, the US and the international community is prepared to walk away."
He added that US President Barack Obama would make a public address when negotiations conclude, whether successful or not.
Kerry stays
US Secretary of State John Kerry said late on Wednesday that he will stay in Lausanne until at least Thursday morning to continue the negotiations, his spokeswoman Marie Harf said..................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/prepared-walk-iran-nuclear-talks-150401180528565.html#1/4/15
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is on his way back to Switzerland to rejoin Iran nuclear talks, a French official said on Wednesday.
ReplyDelete"He is returning to continue the talks," the official said, adding it should not necessarily be taken as an indicator that a deal was imminent.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged global powers Wednesday to "seize" the moment to seal what could be a historic deal to cut back Iran's nuclear programme.
ReplyDelete"Iran has shown its readiness to engage with dignity and it's time for our negotiating partners to seize the moment and use this opportunity which may not be repeated," Zarif said, after meeting alone with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
All options including military action open on Iran: Israel...
ReplyDeleteIsraeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said Thursday that all options including military action were on the table in the face of the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.
Speaking to public radio as crunch talks on Iran's nuclear programme continued in Switzerland, Steinitz said Israel would seek to counter any threat through diplomacy and intelligence but "if we have no choice we have no choice... the military option is on the table."
AFP
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