The foreign ministers of the P5+1 group can contribute to a breakthrough in nuclear talks between Iran and the six countries, a senior Iranian lawmaker says.
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“The presence of the foreign ministers of the P5+1 [group in talks] will help the progress of negotiations,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis on Friday.
He said the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Russia, France, Britain and China - plus Germany could facilitate the progress of the talks as they possessed more authority.
On July 3, Iran and the P5+1 kicked off their sixth round of nuclear talks this year in Vienna to discuss a permanent accord on Tehran’s nuclear energy program.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius are reportedly due to join the ongoing talks. The foreign ministers of the other P5+1 members have also been invited to attend the negotiations, the EU said on Thursday. Heading the Iranian negotiating team, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been in Vienna since the beginning of the talks.
Boroujerdi further stressed that Tehran has “logical” nuclear demands within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Iran and the six countries have "a long way to go" to achieve a comprehensive nuclear deal, the lawmaker added.
He said that Iran has adopted transparent and logical stances from the very beginning of the talks, stressing that the US should stop making excessive demands in the course of negotiations, so that a final deal could be achieved.
Iran and the P5+1 have been holding talks to sort out their differences and achieve a final deal that would end the decade-old dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program.
They sealed an interim deal in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 23, 2013. The deal came into force in January and expires on July 20, but can be extended depending on the agreement by all parties involved.
