From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 13, 2015
Zarif says ‘no extension’ but ‘will talk as long as necessary’
Iran’s foreign minister said Monday he believed there should be no further extension to nuclear talks with major powers but he would negotiate “as long as necessary.”
“I always believe there shouldn’t be any extension but we could work as long as necessary to finish this,” Mohammad Javad Zarif says in English as he meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Vienna.
Several deadlines have been missed over the more than two weeks of talks between Iran and world powers.
Today the terms of a 2013 interim deal freezing parts of Iran’s nuclear program in return for minor sanctions relief are due to expire, although this has been extended several times already.
With the foreign ministers of all six powers except Britain gathered in Vienna on a 17th day of talks, there some hope that a deal may be finally be in sight.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.