The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says he has become less optimistic about a quick deal to revive the Iran nuclear deal.
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EU foreign policy coordinator Josep Borrell
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Monday that he was “less optimistic” about a quick agreement to revive the Iran nuclear deal than he was a short time ago.
“I regret to say that I am less confident today than I was 28 hours ago, about the prospects for concluding the agreement now,” Borrell added, in statements from Brussels, reported by Iranian media.
He pointed out that “Iran’s nuclear negotiations are deviating from harmony,” adding, “I am still continuing my talks with the participants in the Iranian nuclear agreement.”
And earlier today, A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry saidNasser Kanaani, that a nuclear agreement can be reached “in the event that the other party shows the political will and takes constructive action.”
The Iranian spokesman explained that “Iran has announced its views in the proposed text, and is waiting for the US administration’s response,” stressing that “the completion of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s investigations is part of the guarantees we seek to reach a sustainable nuclear agreement.”
Last Friday, US State Department spokesman Vidant Patel confirmed that Washington had received and is studying Tehran’s response to the US proposals. But it is ‘unconstructive’.