Diplomats: Agenda, timetable agreed for Iran final deal talks
The first round of comprehensive nuclear deal talks between the P5+1 and Iran came to an end with agreement on the issues a final accord would need to address and a timetable for the negations.
Vienna__ Diplomats from Iran and six world powers said Wednesday they had agreed on an agenda of issues and a timetable of meetings to proceed in negotiating a comprehensive Iran nuclear accord.
The framework agenda includes the issues that will need to be addressed and a timetable for trying to reach an agreement in six months, one diplomat from the P5+1, speaking not for attribution, described here Wednesday.
"We have [a] timetable of meetings and identification of issues," a Western official at the talks, speaking not for attribution, told Al-Monitor late Wednesday..
A framework agreement has been reached, an Iranian negotiator affirmed to Al- Monitor late Wednesday evening just after talks broke for the night. The Islamic Republic News Agency, citing Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, reported late Wednesday that a framework agreement had been reached, and a next round of talks would be held in Vienna in mid to late March.
