Political Directors of Sextet to Discuss Iran’s Nuclear Program in Brussels
VIENNA (Tasnim) – Michael Mann, the European Union foreign policy chief's spokesman, said political directors of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) plan to discuss Iran’s nuclear program next week.
“Political directors will meet in Brussels next Thursday to continue discussions,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
Referring to the 5-day talks in Vienna, Austria, between Iran and the sextet (also known as P5+1 or E3+3) on Tehran’s nuclear program, he wrote “We presented each other with a number of ideas on a range of issues, and we have begun the drafting process."
“We've worked extremely hard all week to develop elements we can bring together when we meet again in Vienna, from 2 July”.
The negotiations were aimed at drafting a comprehensive deal to resolve the decade-long standoff over Tehran's peaceful nuclear energy program.
Iran and the six world powers inked an interim deal on Tehran’s nuclear program in Geneva last November, which came into force on January 20. The interim deal (the Joint Plan of Action) stipulates that over the course of six months (July 20), the parties will draw up a comprehensive nuclear deal which will lead to a lifting of the whole sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
