TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and the P5+1 plan to hold the next round of talks over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program prior to December 20, but not in Vienna, Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday.
"It will be surely held before the New Year, but not in
Vienna,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as said.
"The 20th is already late, and so, it will be before
December 20. It will be decided in the next few days,” he stated.
Ryabkov aslo said that EU foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini plans personally to take part in talks between the Sextet and Iran at
the level of ministers.
Iran and the six powers (Russia, China, the US, Britain,
France and Germany) wrapped up seven days of intensive nuclear talks in Vienna
on November 24 but did not secure a long-awaited comprehensive deal.
They decided to extend talks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear
program for 7 more months.
The latest round of negotiations was held ahead of the
self-imposed deadline of November 24.
On November 24, 2013, Iran and the Western side signed an
interim nuclear deal in the Geneva, Switzerland.
The Joint Plan of Action came into effect in January and
expired in July, at the time the sides decided to extend negotiations to
November 24 in the hope to find a final deal that would end a decade of impasse
over Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.