Iran, G5+1 Continue Talks For Second Day On Friday

Tehran, April 5, IRNA – Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) continued their expert-level talks for the second consecutive day in Vienna on Friday. Head of Iran’s nuclear negotiation expert team, Hamid Baeidinejad, told IRNA that both sides discussed technical issues on Friday for more than eight hours and discussions will continue on Saturday. The results of expert talks will be reported to political directors and they will be discussed during Iran-G5+1 meeting of deputy foreign ministers on April 7-9 to be presided by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, a senior member of Iranˈs nuclear negotiating team told IRNA on Thursday that the talks are aimed at finding out a comprehensive solution to the issue within framework of the Geneva Accord. He further noted that all the technical issues referred by the political managers to the experts will be dealt during the ongoing expert-level talks. Asked whether Arak Heavy Water Reactor will be included in the expert-level talks, he said that technical aspects of the issue will be reviewed by the experts./end