Tehran, YJC. Zarif says Ashton is to visit Iran prior to the next round of nuclear talks.
Iran
and the Six Majors have ended their recent Vienna talks on the country’s
nuclear program while the only news coming out says there is a route defined
for further talks.
On February
20, Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi
said "There is a framework conceived for further talks and the agenda on hand.”
Speaking
at a news conference he official stated "As for now one cannot be optimistic
about the negotiations.”
Meanwhile,
the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov said "We cannot yet take
down anything, but tomorrow we will arrive at a framework. The job is not done
yet, but things look positive.”
A
session with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and High
Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the
European Union Cathrine Ashton ended late Wednesday local time.
On Thursday
morning Zarif stated that Ashton will visit Iran prior to the next round of
talks.
He further
added that the next round of nuclear negotiations will include talks at expert
and political levels, with him and Ashton as main participants.
He also stated that
it has been agreed that he and Ashton will meet each 4 weeks or so until June.