EU: Indirect Iran-US nuclear talks stall no progress

“Indirect talks between Iran and the United States to end the stalemate and revive the 2015 agreement on Iran’s nuclear program with the major powers have ended without any progress” that the EU team hoped to coordinate, “he said. today EU envoy Enrique Mora tweeted.

“We will continue to work with even greater urgency to get a key agreement on nuclear non-proliferation and regional stability back on track,” Mora said.

“What has prevented these negotiations from bearing fruit is the US insistence on a proposed text in Vienna that excludes any guarantee of Iran’s economic benefits,” the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim quoted well-informed sources as saying.

Earlier in the day, Iran said an agreement with the United States was possible in negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, while stressing that indirect talks in Doha were due to end tonight, two days after they began.

US envoy to Iran Robert Maley and Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri began indirect talks mediated by the European Union on Tuesday in the Qatari capital.

“If the US side has serious intentions and seems pragmatic, an agreement is possible at this stage,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said during a visit to Turkmenistan. agency Irna.

“We face responsibly” our desire to reach an agreement, he said, stressing that his country will not back down from the “red lines” it has set in the context of these negotiations.

In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said that “the talks in Doha, which took place in a professional and serious atmosphere, were scheduled to last two days.”

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