“The participants are expected to continue consultations on the possible return of the US to the nuclear accord and ensuring the full and effective implementation of this agreement,” Araqchi, who is Tehran’s top negotiator at the talks, wrote on Telegram. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also said this …
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Speaking on Friday in an address to the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the world’s great powers to redouble their diplomatic efforts to “bring the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] back on track.” Wang said that negotiations concerning the 2015 nuclear agreement, which …
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Speaking to lawmakers during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Monday, Blinken said that despite ongoing discussions in Vienna to return to the nuclear deal, it is still unknown whether the two sides will be able to reach an agreement, adding that Tehran’s nuclear program continues to trudge ahead …
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Switzerland today is celebrating its breakaway status from the European Union, having finally tired of the bullying and rhetoric from Brussels and walked away from a proposed framework arrangement after seven years of negotiations, preferring to go it alone in Swissexit. Never a full member of the EU, that decision …
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Speaking on Wednesday, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that things had changed since the parties first gathered in 2013 to put constraints on Iran’s nuclear program in what was known as the Geneva interim agreement. “Our negotiations now are different from the ones in 2013. Now, Iran has the upper …
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“We were delighted to learn that you are considering building a factory in Russia,” the ministry said in a tweet on Friday. Just hours earlier, the US-based billionaire revealed that Tesla is exploring opportunities for selling its electric cars in Russia and neighboring nations – including opening a production hub there. …
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That’s according to an official statement from Ned Price, the spokesman for the US Department of State. Blinken and Lavrov met on the sidelines of the Arctic Council, currently meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The readout revealed that Blinken raised Washington’s “deep concerns” regarding Moscow’s troop deployments “in …
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“We have made substantial progress over the last 10 days, but there are still things to be worked on and we will reconvene next week, and we will continue working,” Enrique Mora told reporters in the Austrian capital on Wednesday. The negotiator has been among those facilitating indirect talks between …
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“The information transferred to us from the US side is that they are also serious on returning to the nuclear deal, and they have so far declared their readiness to lift a great part of their sanctions,” Abbas Araghchi told state-owned Press TV on Friday. “But this is not adequate …
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Avsaragova announced herself in the Bellator ranks in spectacular style earlier this month, needing less than 30 seconds to obliterate American opponent Tara Graff in their flyweight bout in Connecticut. The stunning KO victory improved the North Ossetia native to 3-0 in professional MMA, as Avsaragova began life with a bang among …
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