Video of EU coordinator Mora comments after Joint Commission meeting today. Important thing, now, we are engaging again. Says the working group on sanctions lifting will be meeting tomorrow morning. the other working group should meet the next day.
he also said the meeting today took a long time because Iran has a new head of delegation and he wanted to get their points across.
Mora, asked about the work of the past six rounds, offers a somewhat indirect response: says the Iran delegation represents a new admin in Tehran with new political sensilibites. accepted work done over past six months is a good basis to build on for the work ahead.
Mora v diplomatically referred to the new Iranian delegation spending a lot of time laying out its positions at the meeting today. The meeting simply took long because the new head of Iranian delegation, Dr. bagheri kani, introduced his points at length, of where his position is.
Mora: they are insisting, their clear priority, is sanctions lifting…
new admin in Iran—it is only normal it takes time to explain its position
new admin in Iran—it is only normal it takes time to explain its position
Mora a few times used “building on the work” of the past six rounds without saying they are starting from where they were in June, but saying they were not going back to April
I interpret some of the above as they got lectured by the new Iranian negotiating team for a long time but at least they are talking.
Seems the Iranians got the logistical concession of the parties agreeing that the working group on sanctions lifting will meet tomorrow, ahead of the working group on nuclear commitments, the following day.
am not sure what has become of the third working group formed at some point late last spring on sequencing.
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