High risk of deadlock in EU-Iran nuclear talks: negotiator


AFP
 Date: 05-24-05

GENEVA (AFP) - The risk of deadlock in talks between the European Union and Iran on the country's nuclear program is high, an Iranian negotiator told AFP.

"The talks between (Iranian and European) experts have been difficult and complicated, they haven't been promising and if they go on like this, the risk of a deadlock in the negotiations Wednesday is high," said Ali Agha Mohammadi, one of the Iranian negotiators currently in Geneva said.

The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany will meet Iran's top negotiator Hassan Rowhani in the Swiss city Wednesday for a "last-ditch meeting" according to Tehran, to avoid referring Iran to the UN Security Council -- and into Washington's diplomatic line of fire -- if the talks fail.

"It is our only hope that the three European ministers who proposed this meeting will try to lead the negotiations out of this situation so we can make reasonable progress," said Mohammadi.

"In spite of this situation we will take part in tomorrow's meeting because the meeting was proposed by the three European ministers and we are the guests of these negotiations," he added.

Wednesday's meeting is to start at 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) and will also be attended by the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana.

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