Negotiations on Iranian civilian nuclear power, stalled since March, have been "
reopened
", welcomed Friday, May 13 the head of diplomacy of the European Union Josep Borrell.
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The negotiations were at a standstill and they have been reopened
," said Josep Borrell in Wangels, northern Germany, where he is attending a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.
He was referring to the outcome of talks the day before between the European Union's coordinator for Iran nuclear negotiations, Enrique Mora, and Iran's chief negotiator Ali Bagheri to relaunch the 2015 deal.
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“
I assess this meeting in Iran very positively.
The negotiations had been blocked for two months because of these disagreements on what to do with the Revolutionary Guards
,” explained Josep Borrell.
Among the main sticking points was Tehran's demand that the United States remove the Revolutionary Guards from a list of terrorist organizations.
“
These kinds of things cannot be solved overnight.
Let's say things were blocked and they were unblocked
,” he said.
Enrique Mora conveyed the EU's message to Iranian negotiators stressing that "
it cannot go on
like this ", reported Josep Borrell.
“Perspective” of a “final agreement”
"
The response has been quite positive
," said Josep Borrell.
"
There is a prospect of reaching a final agreement
," he said.
Josep Borrell would not comment on the fact that the EU negotiator was briefly detained by German customs at Frankfurt airport, where he was on a connection to Brussels.
“
Detained by the German police at Frankfurt airport on my return to Brussels, back from Tehran.
Not a single explanation
,” Enrique Mora complained on Twitter on Friday morning.
Shortly after, he said he was allowed to leave but without an explanation, "
which appears to be a violation of the Vienna Convention
", he said.
Contacted by AFP, the Frankfurt police did not comment on this subject.
Negotiations launched a year ago in Vienna between Tehran and the major powers for a relaunch of the 2015 agreement, supposed to frame Iran's nuclear program, have been stalled since March.
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The pact has been moribund since the unilateral withdrawal in 2018 of the United States which, under Donald Trump, then president, reimposed stifling sanctions on Tehran, leading in response to its gradual withdrawal from the agreement.
Donald Trump's departure from the White House helped revive attempts to revive the deal, with Enrique Mora playing a leading role in talks in Vienna.
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