Iran, six world powers reach ‘encouraging’ agreement in Lausanne - Lavrov

BISHKEK, April 3. /TASS/. Iran and six world powers have reached a promising agreement at the talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne and the chances for the final deal are very high, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Friday. "This was a team work of the six international negotiators, the EU high representative and of course, the Iranian side," Lavrov said, adding that these were the true "marathon talks" and their outcome is "encouraging." "This is a political framework agreement defining the key solutions on the most pressing problems - enrichment, scientific and research program of the Islamic Republic of Iran, transparency issues and the IAEA control over the implementation of what has been agreed," Lavrov said. "This is in exchange for lifting of sanctions," the foreign minister said. Lavrov said these are "the key components" that are yet to be translated into action. To this aim, experts will combine efforts to "introduce a full-fledged and thorough document by June 30 this year detailing Iran’s actions and how these sanctions will be lifted," he said. "I’m sure that during this work the deputy foreign ministers and the ministers of the six powers and Iran will have an opportunity to meet not once and control how this work is underway to necessarily complete it," Lavrov said. "The chances for this are very good," he stressed. After a week of talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Lausanne, the P5+1 group of world powers (the US, UK, Russia, China, France plus Germany) and Tehran have reached crucial agreements that would form the basis for a future comprehensive deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is ready to start verifying Iran’s nuclear deal with the six world powers after it is finalized, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said. Read more