Lausanne: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says the ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program are in the “endgame.”
We are facing decisive days ahead. After almost 12 years of negotiations with Iran, now the last ‘match’ of the negotiations begins, Steinmeier told reporters in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday.
The German diplomat, who joined the talks on Saturday, expressed hope that the negotiating sides could press ahead with their efforts to reach a final agreement over Tehrans nuclear work.
I just hope that, regarding what we have reached in the last 12 months, we don’t cancel’ the attempt to get to a final deal. I believe, after the serious negotiating will showed in the last 12 months, every effort is necessary to reach a comprehensive result, Steinmeier said.
The top German diplomat said a final agreement over Irans nuclear program could contribute to restoration of peace in the Middle East region.
The German foreign minister made the remarks before joining his US, French and Iranian counterparts in Lausanne for talks on Tehrans nuclear program.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also arrived in the Swiss city on Saturday to join the nuclear talks.
Senior negotiators from Iran and the United States kicked off another day of their latest round of talks on Tehrans nuclear program in Lausanne on Saturday.
Iranian deputy foreign ministers Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-e Ravanchi held talks with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in that regard.
The three later joined Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry for talks to find solutions to outstanding issues ahead of a deadline for a comprehensive agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries on Tehrans nuclear program.
Iran and the P5+1 countries the US, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany — have been in talks to resolve outstanding issues surrounding Tehrans nuclear activities to pave the way for striking an overarching deal on the countrys nuclear energy program as a deadline slated for July 1 draws closer.
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