Iranian nuclear negotiators, headed by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, (3rd R) meet the US delegates, headed by Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd L) in the Swiss city of Lusanne, March 17, 2015.[/caption]Iran and the United States have begun the second day of their latest round of talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in an attempt to bridge differences on the outstanding issues pertaining to Tehrans nuclear program.
Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry opened discussions in Lausanne on Tuesday.
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, Zarifs deputies, Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, special assistant to Iran's president, Hossein Fereidoun, US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman are also present in the meeting.
The latest round of negotiations about the Iranian nuclear program kicked off in the Swiss city on Sunday with Salehi and Moniz holding high-level technical talks. Experts from Iran and the US as well asthe AEOI spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, also participated in the meeting.
Speaking after his five-hour meeting with Kerry on Monday, Zarif said solutions to outstanding nuclear issues with the P5+1 countries are at hand although differences still remain between the two sides.
We are closer to a solution in some cases and it can therefore be said that solutions are at hand, but in some cases solutions are still elusive, the chief Iranian negotiator said.
Iran and the P5+1 countries the United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany are seeking to seal a comprehensive nuclear deal by July 1.The two sides have already missed two self-imposed deadlines for inking a final agreement since they signed an interim one in the Swiss city of Geneva in November 2013.
By Press TV
