VIENNA: Russia’s negotiator said Friday there has been a “very worrying” slowdown in progress in nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers ahead of a June 30 deadline to finalize a historic accord.
“The rate of progress... is progressively slowing down,” Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by Russia’s RIA Novosti as saying as he arrived for the latest round of talks in Vienna.
“This is very worrying to us because there is very little time before the deadline and we urgently need to enter the final stage.”
On Thursday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that in particular the issue of tighter UN inspections of Iran’s remaining facilities after the mooted deal was not yet sewn up.
“The talks are supposed to wrap up on June 30. We have not yet completed our negotiations,” Fabius, a hawk in the talks, said.
Slowdown in Iran N-talks
Slowdown in Iran N-talks
