(Reuters) – A final text on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is “broadly ready and on the table” but talks in Vienna need a pause due to “external factors”, it said on Friday. the High Representative of the European Union for External Affairs, Josep Borrell.
“As coordinator, I will continue, with my team, to be in contact with all the signatories of the JCPoA (English acronym of the official name of the 2015 agreement-Editor’s note) and with the United States to overcome the situation. present and conclude the agreement”, added the head of European diplomacy on Twitter.
In Tehran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested that this suspension of the discussions could make it possible to trigger a dynamic in favor of the resolution of the last points which remain to be clarified.
“The pause in the Vienna talks could provide impetus for resolving outstanding issues and a final declaration. The success of these negotiations will be the primary goal of all parties,” the ministry spokesperson tweeted. .
“No external factor will affect our common will to move towards a collective agreement,” he added.
After eleven months of discussions between Western powers and Iran in the Austrian capital, the 2015 agreement providing for the lifting of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic in return for a framework for Iranian nuclear activities was about to be finalized. back on track.
But Russia raised a new hurdle last Saturday by demanding a written commitment from the United States not to interfere with its trade with Iran under the sanctions it is the target of because of its offensive in Ukraine.
(Bart Meijer and Benoit Van Overstraeten report, with the contribution of the Dubai office, French version Myriam Rivet, edited by Sophie Louet)
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