Ulyanov: Talking about days to reach an agreement (Alex Hilada/AFP)
On Sunday evening, it continued for the fourth day. The new nuclear negotiations in Vienna between Tehran and the international community. The Iranian chief negotiator held talks with the coordinator of the negotiations, MrNeriki Mora.
Also, today, Sunday, European Union experts participating in expert meetings with other parties held a meeting with Mora, as well as another meeting between the European Coordinator and the Russian delegate Mikhail Ulyanov.
Ulyanov said, in a tweet on Twitter, that he had met the European Coordinator, Enrique Mora, noting that “it seems that we are making progress”, calling on the parties to the negotiations to tighten each other’s hands to achieve the agreement.
Met today once again with the #EU Coordinator at the #ViennaTalks on the #JCPOA Mr. Enrique Mora. Looks like we are making progress. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. pic.twitter.com/ad87F7lSqb
— Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) August 7, 2022
In another tweet, Ulyanov denied Russia and China’s opposition to the new draft proposed by the European Union on the 20th of last month, saying that the draft was what was developed by the negotiating parties, including Russia and China, while saying that the European Union had made “recently useful modifications.”
The Russian delegate confirmed that Moscow and Beijing fully support these amendments.
It is not true, of course, because the draft decision on restoration of the #JCPOA was elaborated collectively by all participants in the #ViennaTalksincluding Russia and China. The #EU as the Coordinator introduced recently just a few useful amendments which we fully support. https://t.co/IfmC7GMzm1
— Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) August 6, 2022
Meanwhile, the Russian delegate said, in media statements reported by Iranian news agencies, that the negotiations are moving in the “right direction”, stressing that the remaining issues “are few, and they are three or four, some of which have been almost resolved.”
Regarding his expectations regarding the timetable for reaching the agreement, Ulyanov said, “We are talking about days, not weeks, and I will not be surprised if we reach success in a very short period of time.”
However, the Russian delegate stressed that “it is not possible to guarantee that an agreement will be reached unless all issues are agreed upon.”
For his part, Mora told the correspondent of the Iranian “IRNA” agency in Vienna, after his separate talks with the chief Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and the US envoy for Iranian affairs Robert Malley, that “the negotiations are in progress,” stressing that he is “optimistic” about their outcome.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian held talks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday on the Israeli attacks on Gaza, the nuclear negotiations file and the situation in Yemen.
Amir Abdullahian confirmed to the UN official that the Iranian Supreme Leader’s fatwa Ali Khamenei The prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons is “clear,” adding that “there is no place for nuclear weapons in the Iranian faith, and it contradicts Iran’s policies and beliefs.”
The Iranian foreign minister affirmed Tehran’s readiness to reach a “strong, sustainable and serious agreement”, noting that the Vienna negotiations are proceeding “seriously”.
Amir Abdollahian stressed that reaching the agreement depends on the United States wanting it, and “will it show the necessary realism in practice?”
For his part, the Secretary-General of the United Nations stressed the need to make efforts to close the Iranian nuclear file.
In addition, the Iranian “Jamaran” website wrote today, Sunday, quoting its sources, as saying that the Iranian delegation seeks in the negotiations to achieve the greatest possible advantages, by adopting a vision for resolving the outstanding issues and Tehran’s “realistic” approach.
The website added that “as a result of this Iranian trend, the current draft agreement in Vienna has improved in recent days in its various dimensions compared to the previous draft,” noting that the improvements include the permanence of lifting sanctions, preserving Iran’s nuclear gains, and the possibility of Iran’s rapid return to its nuclear activity in the event the parties leave. other by agreement.