Baku. Real Jafarli – APA. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday warmly welcomed the interim agreement that has been reached in Geneva regarding the nuclear program of Iran, APA reports quoting Xinhua news agency.
Ban congratulated the negotiators "for the progress made in what could turn out to be the beginnings of a historic agreement for the peoples and nations of the Middle East region and beyond," said a statement issued here by his spokesperson on Saturday night.
The latest round of the Iran nuclear talks started on Wednesday. After intensive negotiations, the P5+1 group and Iran have reached a first-step agreement on Iran's nuclear program.