Iran and the P5+1 group of countries are drawing up the draft of a final deal on Tehran’s civilian nuclear programme, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, stressing that excessive demands are a major obstacle in this regard.
Speaking to the Lebanese al-Manar television on Friday, Zarif said that Iran and the six countries have found answers and solutions to all issues and are were in the drafting stage.
“My understanding is that ways will always be found to settle technical issues, but what hinders progress in the talks is growing demands or any attempt to introduce new issues,” the Iranian minister said.
He expressed hope that if the two sides remained committed to a mutual understanding they reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, and make efforts to decrypt its details, they can move forward and reach a final comprehensive agreement.
The top Iranian diplomat said he held a meeting with his Russian and Chinese counterparts Sergei Lavrov and Wang Yi, respectively, in the Russian capital, Moscow, on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the High-level “Security and Stability in the SCO Region” Conference.