Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says reaching a deal over
Tehran’s nuclear program is possible, stressing that the P5+1 group
should make a decision about the issue.
“I believe that
reaching a final agreement is possible and there is nothing insolvable
and the other negotiating side should also make a final decision about
this issue,” Rouhani told reporters on Saturday.
He added that
Iran has the necessary will for holding negotiations and clinching a
nuclear deal within the framework of its principles and the bounds of
its red lines, stating that Iran and the P5+1 have succeeded in making
progress during their latest round of talks in the Swiss city of
Lausanne.
In this round of the negotiations, Tehran and the six
countries managed to reach common points on some issues of difference
which can be used as the basis for a final agreement, he said.
Rouhani, however, stressed that gaps still remain between the two sides on certain issues.
He
added that the negotiating sides could have settled the outstanding
issues in the latest round of talks, but the two sides felt they needed
more time and therefore decided to resume the talks within the next few
days.
Rouhani said the negotiations will become tougher in the
coming days and weeks as the two sides move to take the final steps
toward securing a final deal.
The president expressed hope that
the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries would lead to an
agreement which would result in peace, friendship and development for
the Iran and the entire region.
The latest round of nuclear talks
ended in Lausanne on Friday after six days of intense and serious
discussions among representatives of Iran, the United States and the
European Union.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and
International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that the Iranian
negotiating team would return home and noted that the talks will resume
on March 25.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told
Press TV that “good progress” has been made over the six days of the
latest round of nuclear negotiations, pointing out that some work still
needs to be done.
“We made good progress over this week. We’ve done a lot of hard work, but some work remains ahead,” Zarif said.
The
talks between the United States and Iran are part of broader
negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group - the
United States, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, China - to reach a
comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program as a deadline slated
for July 1 draws closer.
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