admincity of Almaty comes as sanctions bite against the Islamic republic and Israel still refuses to rule out air strikes to knock out Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive. The first round of closed-door talks involving the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany lasted several hours.
They were expected to later adjourn and resume today, Kazakh officials following the talks said.
“We have come here with a revised offer and we have come to engage with Iran in a meaningful way,” EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who negotiates with Iran on behalf of the world powers, said in a statement.
She said the ambition was that “we see progress by the end of the meeting.” – AFP.
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