From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 30, 2015
Iranian deputy FM skeptical on chance for deal
The Iranian deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, is pessimistic about the possibility of reaching a framework agreement between world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and says it is “very possible that we will find out tomorrow we cannot reach solutions and the talks will need to continue in a different form.”
Araqchi says “it could not be argued that significant progress was reached in these talks.”
Earlier Monday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov left Switzerland for Russia. Moscow said he would be back in Lausanne tomorrow if a deal is reached.
The Chinese foreign minister said, on the other hand, that gaps were narrowing and a framework deal was within reach by March 31, the White House-set deadline for a framework agreement, ahead of a final agreement with a deadline of June 30.
The Times of Israel Community.