World powers, Iran agree on roadmap for 'marathon' nuclear talks
A senior US official has said that reaching a comprehensive nuclear accord with Iran will be a 'very difficult, complex process.'
Vienna_ The first round of comprehensive Iran nuclear deal negotiations concluded here Thursday with agreement on all the issues that need to be addressed and a timetable of meetings over the next four months to try to do so.
"We are at the beginning of a very difficult, complex process," a senior US official said Thursday. "It's going to be both a marathon and a sprint....We have a long distance to cover in a short period of time."
“We have had three very productive days during which we have identified all of the issues we need to address in reaching a comprehensive and final agreement,” European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced at a brief joint press conference with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Thursday morning.
“There is a lot to do,” Ashton said, in a statement that Zarif later gave in Persian. “It won't be easy but we have made a good start.”
