Good sign, change in European stance: Iranian adviser to Vienna
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Adviser in Iran's negotiating team, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, explains to Al-Mayadeen that the change in the European position on the two drafts is a "good sign."
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European official: My impression is that we are simply advancing in quite the logical way of the negotiation.
Adviser in Iran's negotiating team, Seyyed Mohammad Marandi, confirmed today, that the Europeans have changed their position slightly on the two drafts which the Iranians previously submitted.
In an interview with Al-Mayadeen, Marandi indicated that the change in the European position is a "good sign," revealing that for the Iranians the final paper must recognize Iran's full rights.
Marandi added that when the Iranians submitted the two new drafts, they declared that it does not mean that the old draft is no longer valid. The Adviser stated that the Iranian side, through the two new drafts, added additional points to the old one since it was lacking in one way or another.
Iran had presented two drafts in the first phase of the seventh round of the Vienna talks regarding its nuclear commitments and removal of sanctions.
Iran's lead negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani told Al Mayadeen that "since we have presented the two drafts, we've held several meetings with the other teams in Vienna," adding that "we expect the other teams to give us their legal answers and logical arguments to our suggestions."
The source close to the delegation of the Iranian negotiator told Al Mayadeen that if Iran got a positive response to the first and second drafts, it will provide a third draft on the verification of the lifting of sanctions.
EU official: advances in Iran nuclear talks ‘logical’
A senior European Union official said on Friday that talks to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are moving forward.
The European official added that many major issues are still open in order to reach an agreement on a final text.
In response to a question about whether the European Union, which is chairing the talks, is optimistic about the position of the new Iranian negotiating team, the European official explained that his "impression is that we are simply advancing in quite the logical way of the negotiation."
Russia's delegate: negotiators overcame a number of misunderstandings
Russia's delegate to the nuclear negotiations, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that the negotiators overcame a number of "misunderstandings" that created some tension.
"Experts work on the text of a final document. It will take time and a lot of efforts but participants are result-oriented." Ulyanov explained, via Twitter.
The #ViennaTalks are underway. Experts work on the text of a final document. It will take time and a lot of efforts but participants are result-oriented. pic.twitter.com/YsFQRG56Gj
— Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) December 10, 2021
Earlier today, a source close to the Iranian negotiating team told the correspondent of the Tasnim news agency that the proposals and views presented by the Iranian team during last week's talks are still on the table, and the Iranian negotiators will continue to work based on those views during discussions on the text.
