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Iran, powers "not close to agreement": FM

Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran and the six world powers are not close to an agreement in a run for an immediate deadline by the end of March, Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad-Javad Zarif, said in Switzerland on Friday.

"We are not close to an agreement, but we are moving forward," Zarif told reporters following the intensive talks with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry in Lausanne of Switzerland on Friday, according to Iran's student news agency (ISNA).

The agreement depends on the other sides' political will, he said, adding that they should choose between continuing pressures on Iran or political will to an agreement with the Islamic republic.

New round of talks resumed on Thursday between Iran and the P5+1 group, namely the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain plus Germany, to reach a framework agreement by the end of this month.

Foreign ministers from other members of the P5+1 group are expected to join the talks later the week, a sign that a possible framework agreement might be within reach. Endit