Ashton-Zarif Resume Talks

Geneva, Nov 23, IRNA – Talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, which stopped at 10:10 in the morning, resumed again at 16:00. in the afternoon. This is the fifth round of talks since Wednesday November 20, 2013. The fourth round started at 09:07 hours this morning and ended at 10:10 for consultations between different teams. Member of Irans negotiating team Abbas Araqchi told IRNA on Thursday evening that the two sides have been working on a common document since Thursday morning. He added there was progress on a number of issues, on which there had already been a common understanding, but on a few cases of differences, there has not been any progress yet./end