Iran nuclear talks productive, making progress, White House says
The White House says the Iran nuclear talks underway in Switzerland aimed at laying the groundwork for a potentially historic agreement are “productive” and making “progress”.
"The sense that we have is that, yes, the talks continue to be productive and that progress is being made," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday.
He said that "as long as we are in a position of convening serious talks that are making progress," 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 United States and the international community is prepared to walk away,” Earnest stated.
Representatives from Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, China, France, Russia and plus Germany – along with senior officials of the European Union are holding marathon negotiations in the Swiss city of Lausanne to narrow differences in order to reach a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s civilian nuclear program.
The two sides have actually missed a March 31 deadline for reaching a mutual understanding over the “tricky issues” hindering the framework understanding, but both sides have decided to continue the talks to break the impasse.
The potential agreement paves the way for a much broader deal before July 1 which guarantees civilian nature of Iran’s nuclear work in return for a promise by international powers to lift illegal sanctions imposed on the country.
However, a senior Iranian negotiator has said any deal with the P5+1 group of world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program should guarantee removal of all sanctions.
“It is not possible to have a deal without lifting sanctions, all sanctions must be removed,” Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday.
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