Emmanuel Macron advocates for an expansion of the discussions in the Gulf and Israel countries, especially in case of persistent blocking.
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A first disappointing week and without breakthrough. The open negotiation cycle with the return to Vienna of the Iranian negotiators, Monday, November 29, did not allow any progress to attempt to save the 2015 nuclear agreement. The talks were suspended Friday, December 3 afternoon, in some confusion. It was announced a little later that the discussions would resume Wednesday, December 8, the time for each delegation to pause, return to its capital and to consult its government.
After five days of negotiations, the United States and the Europeans made known, as the latter summarized, “their disappointment and their concern”. For them, Iranians continue to advance maximal demands to remove all the sanctions approved at their meeting at the initiative of the Trump Administration, when it denounced the nuclear agreement, three years ago. They also require guarantees to avoid any American withdrawal, in case of new compromise. Two unacceptable requirements for Washington.
To do not arrange, Iranian or American representatives do not speak directly to the Austrian capital. Iran, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia and China – Countries that have not denounced the agreement – discuss in the prestigious Coburg hotels, without the United States, installed in another institution. Diplomats make the shuttle to pass messages. In vain, at this point.
“The new Iranian government did not come to Vienna with constructive proposals,” said Friday the spokesman for the White House, Jen Psaki: “Iran’s approach this week. Not, unfortunately, attempt to solve outstanding problems, “she continued. “More importantly, Iran has started this new round of negotiations with a new cycle of nuclear provocations, as reported by the IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency], and they still have not managed to get along with the IAEA to restore the cooperation and transparency they have deteriorated in recent months “, continued M me Psaki. Tehran complicates the access of its sites to the Agency’s inspectors.
Time too counted to continue
The Iranian proposals “are either below” of the agreement, when it comes to their commitments to put an end to their nuclear program, “beyond” on the requirements of the United States. United before agreeing on a new compromise, explained French, German and British representatives. Europeans argue that time is too counted to continue on the basis of Iranian requirements. They suspect the Iranians, who deny to make a nuclear bomb, to continue to carry out their program, playing the watch on the rescue of the agreement. Tehran already enriches uranium to more than 60%, in violation of the 2015 Agreement, and has modern centrifuges to produce fissile material.
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