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Moscow states progress on all issues in Iran negotiations with six world powers - deputy foreign minister

MOSCOW, November 25. /TASS/. Moscow is not ready to prove that the negotiations of Iran with six world powers [five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany] passed without a hitch, but the sides made progress on all issues, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Tuesday. “I understand that it would be very difficult to change the view about the negotiations’ setback,” he said. “Actually, I’m also not ready to prove otherwise, because as we said the sides were a footstep or even half of a footstep away from reaching agreements.” “What is important and worth mentioning is that the sides attained rapprochement on absolutely all issues,” Ryabkov said. “This is not an exaggeration, because officials in different capitals say considerable progress was made.” “And the progress magnitude may be measured differently,” the diplomat added. “It may be measured by the number of the pages of the agreed text and also by the complexity of the made decisions.” “Little progress has been made on the first aspect from the viewpoint of the document preparation,” he said. “And from the viewpoint of the decisions made in the parties’ capitals we see that we are now getting closer to the agreement.” “In terms of the decisions the last four days were most important than the last four months,” said the deputy minister. According to him, Russia hopes that the prolongation of the negotiations between Iran and the sextet will be the last and not latest and the document will be ready soon. “The remaining issues are so obvious and clear that we do hope the extension [of the negotiations] which has been announced is really going to be the last one,” the Russian deputy foreign minister said. “As considerable efforts will certainly have to be exerted to agree on technical appendixes. But the main document, I believe, will soon be in a high degree of readiness,” Ryabkov said. Ryabkov also said he hoped that the agreements achieved by Iran and the sextet of international mediators will not be washed away by a “political tsunami.” “Any disruption in the talks, any procrastination in negotiations, any delay in achieving a solution not only causes psychological effects on participants, but starts political waves,” he said. “We do hope that these waves will not be the size of a tsunami and everything that has been achieved in Vienna will not be washed away by that tsunami.” “In any case, this is the call we addressed to all of our partners yesterday,” Ryabkov said. He recalled Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s promise “the Russian delegation and Moscow will be doing their utmost for the sake of achieving an agreement.” Ryabkov said, answering a corresponding question that all the countries make additional proposals at Iran’s talks with the sextet of international mediators and the Vienna round of talks saw no scandals. “All countries make additional proposals in a bid to find a solution,” he told journalists when asked what kind of proposals had been voiced by the Chinese foreign minister. “I cannot speak for the Chinese colleagues, but what is true is the fact that this round was not just going round in circles but a round of creative efforts and very constructive and collective work, without scandals, without “electricity” and sparks. So, I wish this attitude stays for a while.” According to him, the developments in Syria, Iraq and the situation with the Islamic State had no direct impact on the talks between Iran and the international mediators. “There were no direct impacts,” he said when asked a corresponding question. “We tackled only these problems [Iran’s nuclear dossier], never switching to other topics.” “I am not speaking about bilateral meetings between the ministers,” he noted. “When they had contacts, they touched upon a variety of issues, including non-regional. When ministers gather together in one place, it’s only natural that they discuss various problems and aspects.” “But we felt no direct impact of what is going on in Syria and Iraq, or the situation around the Islamic State, etc. on the process of talks,” the Russian deputy foreign minister added. With the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme failing to reach a comprehensive agreement by Monday’s deadline, the key parties have decided to extend last year’s interim nuclear deal by seven months. Read more

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