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P5+1’s turn to show flexibility in nuclear talks, President Rouhani says

Nuclear Program Materials 29 March 2015 02:28 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic has exhibited the necessary flexibility during the course of nuclear negotiations, calling on the P5+1 countries to take the turn and the final steps.
P5+1’s turn to show flexibility in nuclear talks, President Rouhani says

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic has exhibited the necessary flexibility during the course of nuclear negotiations, calling on the P5+1 countries to take the turn and the final steps, Press TV reported.

"We have come close to sensitive days. Iran has shown the crucial flexibility during the talks, and now it is the opposite side's turn to take the final steps," Rouhani told German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

President Rouhani added that the removal of sanctions imposed on Iran will be the keystone of a nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China - plus Germany, stressing that the deal will chiefly seek to build trust and confidence between the two sides.

"We have always sought a win-win accord and this will serve the interests of all sides," Rouhani stated.

Merkel, for her part, voiced Germany's content with the progressive negotiations, saying that her country will constructively support the talks.

The German chancellor noted that Berlin believes in the abolition of anti-Iran sanctions, and spares no effort for a comprehensive deal.

On Saturday evening, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said the P5+1 countries have never been closer to a deal.

"As you know, we have never been so close to a deal. We still have some critical points that need to be solved, and we are working over the hours, over the weekend to bridge the gaps. I will not go into the details of the negotiations. It's not the right time to do it. I hope we manage to do it in the coming days," Mogherini told reports in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Late on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held another round of talks in Lausanne in an attempt to bridge differences on the outstanding issues surrounding Tehran's peaceful nuclear program.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi also held a new meeting with US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz as part of the nuclear negotiations.

Zarif held separate talks with his German and French counterparts over the outstanding issues earlier on Saturday.

The top Iranian diplomat told reporters that he had an "excellent" meeting with the German and French foreign ministers, adding that representatives from Iran and its negotiating partners have made good progress.

Iran and the P5+1 countries are seeking to clinch a comprehensive nuclear deal as a deadline slated for July 1 draws closer.

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