Home World US says it is not delaying Iran nuclear talks

US says it is not delaying Iran nuclear talks

3 min read

WASHINGTON, Aug 23(ABC): Washington denied suggestions it is stalling a potential agreement to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal after a “final” draft was circulated, but said outstanding questions remain.

“The notion that we have delayed this negotiation in any way is just not true,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price.

After the EU sent the proposed text to both Tehran and Washington in late July, Iran “responded with several comments,” Price said, without being specific.

“This is why it has taken us some additional time to review those comments and to determine our response of our own,” he said.

“We are seriously reviewing those comments.”

Earlier Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who is leading the effort to bring the United States and Iran together in agreement, suggested Washington was now slowing the process.

“There was an Iranian response that I considered reasonable to transmit to the United States,” he said.

“The United States has not formally replied yet. But we are waiting for their response and I hope that response will allow us to finish the negotiation — I hope so, but I can’t assure you of it.”

Author

  • FD News

    Financial Daily (FD) is an emerging media outlet providing news reports, analysis and features especially related to politics and economy. FD is currently one of the largest and most comprehensive private-sector information portals in Pakistan, providing its readers with apolitical, unbiased and fact-based news reports and analyses.

Load More Related Articles
Load More By 
Load More In World

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Check Also

Commissioning of Central Control of New Gwadar Airport completed

GWADAR, Dec 20 (INP): The final testing and commissioning of the Central Control & Co…