UN Geneva Office Ready to Urgently Host Iran Nuclear Talks – Source

A UN source confirmed that the foreign ministers of Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators could move to the UN building in Geneva from Lausanne in case a concluding meeting is necessary.

LAUSANNE (Sputnik) – The UN office in Geneva is ready to urgently host the negotiations on the issue of Iran's nuclear program, a UN source at the office said Saturday.

On Friday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that the foreign ministers of Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators could move to the UN building in Geneva from Lausanne in case a concluding meeting is necessary.

"Yes, we are ready to urgently organize a meeting but no requests have been made so far," the source said.

Also on Friday, Araqchi said that certain unresolved issues still remained but the negotiators were working toward resolving them.

The latest round of talks on Tehran's nuclear program between Iran and the P5+1 group, comprising Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, is taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is expected to end on Sunday.

The West has reservations about Iran's program, accusing the Islamic republic of covertly developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said that the nuclear program was developed to meet the country's growing energy needs.

The participants of the talks should produce a political framework agreement by the end of March, while a comprehensive deal to ensure the peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear program is expected by July.