Iran, P5+1 wrap up first round of talks

[Harry_Thomason]

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) wrap up the first round of talks in Istanbul.

PressTV - Iran, P5+1 wrap up first round of talks

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That was fast. I expected first round to take at least few weeks, and they wraped up in a few hours?

 

[IranZamin]

^^ it is not ended. First round has ended. Second round will resume later today after the officials from both parties have dinner. At the end of second round the officials will inform the reporters present about the result of the negotiations

 

[Harry_Thomason]

^^ it is not ended. First round has ended. Second round will resume later today after the officials from both parties have dinner. At the end of second round the officials will inform the reporters present about the result of the negotiations

Probably something lost in translation. "First round was Turkey and second - Iraq", now it means just few hours of negotiations?

 

[IranZamin]

Probably something lost in translation. "First round was Turkey and second - Iraq", now it means just few hours of negotiations?

Incase you can read Persian

FarsNewsAgency -

 

[Harry_Thomason]

Incase you can read Persian

FarsNewsAgency -

I dont, used google translator:

Expedition to the Fars news agency reported, the first time representatives of the P5 +1 talks with Iran and the Europe Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the presence of 11 pm Istanbul time (12:30 Tehran time) at the Music Hall deeds had begun, 13:30 Istanbul time ended.

According to the report, the parties negotiated separately after the first dose of their lunch.

Bilateral meetings will be conducted after lunch and after the second meeting of bilateral negotiations will start.

After the second meeting, a press conference attended by media owners present at the talks will be held.

Ashton's spokesman said the meeting process and thus subject to negotiations but said the next round will be held if the result is successful.

He said the Iranian delegation will talk only about the nuclear program. In the spring of Arabic and Iranian plans for regional dialogue on issues.

Ashton's spokesman continued: I have both sides of the negotiations and the next round of negotiations will depend on the discussions today.

 

[IranZamin]

google translation

دو ساعت و نیم مذاكرات مرحله اول در فضایی سازنده انجام شد

استانبول - سخنگوی 'كاترین اشتون' رییس هیات مذاكره كننده گروه 1 5 با ایران تاكید كرد: مرحله اول این دور مذاكرات دو طرف در استانبول كه دو ساعت و نیم به طول انجامید در فضایی مثبت و سازنده برگزار شد.


به گزارش خبرنگار اعزامی ایرنا، 'مایكل مان' لحظاتی پیش در پاسخ به سووال خبرنگار ایرنا در ارتباط با زمان برگزاری مرحله دوم این دور مذاكرات گفت : در ابتدا قرار است دیدارهایی بین برخی از هیات های 1 5 با ایران برگزار شود و سپس در ساعت 16 و 30 یا 17 دور بعدی مذاكرات از سر گرفته شود.

وی افزود: دو طرف بعد از پایان مذاكرات به صورت جداگانه نشست های خبری برگزار خواهند كرد.

مایكل مان در پاسخ به سئوالی مبنی براینكه آیا هیات ایرانی ابتكارهای جدیدی را در این مذاكرات مطرح كرده است ،تصریح كرد:*آقای 'سعید جلیلی 'در این مذاكرات ابتكارات جدیدی را مطرح كردند و این دور از مذاكرات نسبت به مذاكرات سال گذشته روند روبه پیشرفتی داشته است.

وی با این حال از ذكر جزئیات بیشتر در این رابطه خودداری كرد.

سخنگوی كاترین اشتون همچنین در پاسخ به این سووال كه زمان مذاكرات دو طرف در بغداد تعیین شده است یا نه ؟، گفت :*این مطلب هنوز نهایی نشده است.

سیام **9129

First two and a half hours of negotiations in a constructive atmosphere was

Istanbul - spokesperson, Catherine Ashton, Head of Group 1 5 with the Iranian negotiator, emphasized: First round of negotiations the two sides in Istanbul, which lasted two and a half hours, was held in a positive and constructive atmosphere.


Expedition IRNA reporter, 'Michael Mann' moments ago in response to a reporter's question during the second round, this round of talks with IRNA said the first meetings between some of the staff to be held with Iran and then in 1 5 16 and 30 or 17 the next round of negotiations will resume.

He said after the talks the two sides will hold separate news conference.

Michael Mann's Braynk·h Asked whether Iranian delegation has put forward new initiatives in these talks, said: Mr, Saeed Jalili, in this round of negotiations and these negotiations were put forward new initiatives to advance the negotiations in the face has had.

He however refused to mention details in this regard.

A spokesman for Catherine Ashton, as well as in response to a question during the talks in Baghdad has been set or not, said it is still not finalized.

 

[IranZamin]

PressTV - EU: Round one of Iran-P5+1 talks, constructive

After the first round of comprehensive negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 - the US, Britain, France, China, Russia plus Germany - wrapped up in Istanbul, a European Union source says talks between the group and Iran were “constructive.”

 

[IranZamin]

American officials are ready to meet Iranian officials direct

FarsNewsAgency -

 

[IranZamin]

PressTV - Iran begins bilateral P5+1 meetings with Russia

According to sources, Washington has also requested a bilateral meeting with Iran.

Iran has rejected requests to hold bilateral talks with the US.

 

[IranZamin]

Iran, P5+1 begin second round of talks

PressTV - Iran, P5+1 begin second round of talks

 

[Harry_Thomason]

Iran shows 'serious engagement' at Istanbul nuclear talks

The international community set a low bar for Iran to cross and so far it appears to have stepped over it

The Iranian nuclear negotiations in Istanbul have broken for lunch and bilateral meetings are now taking place before a wrap-up session this evening. The news at half-time is generally good. Most importantly, diplomats say that the Iranian delegation have met the standard set for it by the major powers here of showing "serious engagement". As things stand, a second round of talks looks likely.

So peace in our time, or at least for the next month or so until that next round when both sides will have to get much more specific. This time it was all about generalities, but those generalities were at least on the right subject, unlike the last Istanbul nuclear talks in January 2011 when Tehran's negotiator, Saeed Jalili, refused to even talk about his country's nuclear programme until all sanctions had been lifted.

On Saturday, according to diplomats at the talks, the session was opened by the EU high representative for foreign policy, Cathy Ashton, who spent 15 minutes recalling the history of the off-on talks between Iran and the international community on Tehran's nuclear programme. Then Jalili replied and this is how a diplomat in the room described his speech:

It was not long or bombastic or propagandistic. The tone was calm and constructive. He said he was ready to seriously engage on the Iranian nuclear issue. There was no long prayer to the Mahdi.

Ashton then spoke again, pointing out that there was common ground at the talks represented by Iran's emphatic statements that the country had no interest in developing a nuclear weapon, and that the nuclear non-proliferation treaty was the basis for any agreement, guaranteeing Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Then the senior diplomats from the six powers had their say. Russia recalled more of the history of negotiations. The French insisted on the primacy of compliance with UN security council resolutions. The Chinese recalled the old Lao Tzu proverb about a journey of a thousand miles beginning with a single step, and the US said that relations between Washington and Tehran need not be so bad. The Germans made some general points, and the British summed up, saying this was not one of the world's insoluble problems. There was a possible solution.

Jalili disagreed with some of the points made but in the words of a diplomat present, the Iranian phrased the disagreement in non-confrontational terms, not accusing the other six nations of oppression, as Jalili did on the last occasion. He said that the Iranian people needed their confidence restored in negotiations, but were willing to talk. He ended with a call to set up a process of structured negotiations.

So no new initiatives have been spelled out, but crucially for the six nations, Jalili talked about the nuclear issue and did not rule anything out. By that very low standard, the meeting is so far being judged as constructive enough to justify a second round, which may be in Baghdad if Iran sticks to its guns. In that round however, there will have to be something much more concrete on the table to keep this revived political process alive.

Iran shows 'serious engagement' at Istanbul nuclear talks | World news | guardian.co.uk

 

[IranZamin]

2nd round of talks in Baghdad on May 23

 

[Harry_Thomason]

2nd round of talks in Baghdad on May 23

Thats my birthday

 

[Arian]

Thats my birthday

Really? good to know that. April 14th was my birthday xD

 

[SOHEIL]

Really? good to know that. April 14th was my birthday xD