Zarif, Ashton, Kerry to resume talks in Vienna

IRNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif is to resume his tripartite talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU Representative in the nuclear talks Ms Catherine Asthon.

It would be the third round of talks between the three top diplomats. They had had two more rounds of talks on Thursday evening and Friday morning.

Zarif had meetings on Friday with Foreign Minister of France Laurent Fabius and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, once separately and once with Ms Ashton and the head of German delegation.

The tripartite negotiations will focus on how to settle the remaining differences and proceed with the talks.