Araghchi: We have reached an understanding with America and copies of the potential agreement will be exchanged.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced on Tuesday that an understanding had been reached with the United States on “main principles,” and indicated that work was underway on two versions of the potential agreement document for the two sides to exchange.
Araqchi said in his first comment after the end of the second round of talks in Geneva: “We reached an understanding on the main principles with America,” adding that “there are positive developments compared to the previous round.”
He added that “the two sides will work on and exchange two versions of the potential agreement document. The two sides still have issues that need to be worked on,” noting that “this does not mean that we will reach an agreement soon, but the process has begun.”
Indirect talks between the US and Iran began Tuesday morning in Geneva, amid statements by US President Donald Trump about strengthening the military presence in the Middle East, as well as signals from the Iranian side indicating its readiness for compromises.
US envoys Steve Wittkopf and Jared Kushner participated in the negotiations, along with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, while Iranian television revealed that the latest round of nuclear negotiations lasted “approximately 3 hours”.
The previous round of talks was held on February 6 in Muscat, Oman, mediated by Oman. It represented the first meeting after a hiatus of several months in the dialogue between the two sides, which resulted from the Iranian-Israeli conflict entering its public phase in June 2015, and which the United States joined.
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