Iran Press/ Iran News: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Sergei Lavrov also discussed the results of the visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Moscow and the expansion of cooperation in all fields based on the agreement between the two countries' leaders and regional issues.
After weeks of diplomatic consultations, the eighth round of Vienna talks to lift illegal US sanctions on Iran resumed on Tuesday, February 8th, and Ali Bagheri-Kani, the head of the Iranian negotiating team, met with Enrique Mora, the EU representative in Vienna, at the Coburg Hotel. The Iranian also met with the Russian representative Mikhail Ulyanov a few hours ago.
Without concrete Western action, Vienna talks will not progress
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday reiterated that Iran is resolutely seeking a good agreement within the framework of its interests and rights.
He announced Iran's readiness to reach such an agreement as soon as possible, noting that progress in the negotiations would not be accelerated without the realism of the West and their concrete and actual actions.
Lavrov, for his part, underlined the importance of reviving the JCPOA and lifting illegal sanctions, saying that all parties, and in the first place the United States, must return to their commitments.
The Russian foreign minister also welcomed the Iranian side's position on the need to accelerate the Vienna talks.
Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna, had earlier told Kommersant that a draft of the final document had been drawn up, and Iran talks may be '5 minutes from finish.'
"At the current advanced stage of the negotiations - a very advanced stage - it is absolutely unacceptable to create unnecessary tension, to jeopardize the achievement of a positive result. We are five minutes from the finish line. And we need to pass this last segment with dignity, quickly and efficiently enough," Ulyanov told Kommersant.
Mikhail Ulyanov said a few points needed further consideration, but the document was on the table in Vienna.
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