Iran nuclear talks intensify
Iran nuclear talks intensify as foreign ministers arrive; a possible accord to emerge this week may be a brief statement followed by further drafting.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The prospects for reaching a political agreement on an Iran nuclear accord over the coming days seemed to rise as foreign ministers from France, Germany and the European Union joined negotiations here March 28, but what is announced this week may be a fairly brief press statement followed by a few weeks of drafting a 10-20 page framework agreement, analysts said.
“I think we are very close,” Ali Vaez, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group, told Al-Monitor in Lausanne March 28.
“I think they are more likely than not to reach a mutually acceptable formula on all major elements” of a comprehensive Iran nuclear deal in the coming days, Vaez said. “After that, they would still need a few weeks to share the first draft, and then spend till the end of June” drafting and finalizing the detailed technical annexes of a comprehensive accord.
Reaching such a mutually acceptable formula would be a "triumph for diplomacy," Vaez added.
