"We need to be extremely firm, at the
stage where we are now, things are still not clear," Fabius said in talks
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said
on Sunday it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on
Iran's nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.
Fabius has said he would meet his Iranian
counterpart on Monday to assess where Iran stands ahead of the final round of
talks on its nuclear program, which begin later in the week.
Monday's bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of
an EU foreign ministers' summit in Luxembourg, will be followed by a meeting
between an Iranian agent and all the European parties negotiating with them.
In Luxembourg, the Iranian agent will also meet
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and ministers from Britain
and Germany to discuss the nuclear
talks, an EU source said, calling it "a political meeting in the framework
of ongoing negotiations."
The
parties are aiming for a final agreement by June 30 under which Iran would
restrict its nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
France is deemed to have been one of the
toughest in pressing for limits to prevent Iran acquiring an atomic bomb
capability, although Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons.
Nucleartalks between Iran and six world powers have virtually stalled and a deadline
for a final deal may have to be postponed again, Russian news agency TASS
quoted a diplomatic source as saying on Friday, June 12.
Iran and the powers -- the United States,
Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany -- are trying to reach a settlement
by June 30 under which Iran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for
relief from economic sanctions.
The United States has said it stands by the
end-June deadline for the deal, meant to assuage Western fears that Iran is
working to develop a nuclear bomb.
But other officials have indicated the date
might be missed as negotiations about technical details drag on.
The latest round of discussions in Vienna on
Friday had made no significant progress, the source from one of the missions
said, according to TASS.
'The process has virtually stalled, there is
risk that deadline will have to be postponed again,' TASS said the source
added.
Among the unresolved issues is the pace of
easing Western sanctions imposed over the Iranian program and the monitoring
and verification measures to ensure Iran could not pursue a clandestine nuclear
weapons program.
once again the Mullahs in Iran demonstrates
this reality that the clerical regime and the Rouhani’s government have no
intention to give up the project to obtain atomic bomb and any hope for changes
within this regime is but a mirage that buys time for the mullahs to obtain the
nuclear bomb, and continue to carry out further aggressions and warmongerings
in the region.
