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Nuclear talks "useful": Iranian negotiator

05 April 2014 23:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The expert-level nuclear talks between Iran and world powers that concluded on Saturday in Vienna were "useful", an Iranian nuclear negotiator was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency, APA reports.

"The useful technical talks helped the parties to understand each other's stances better," Hamid Baeidinejad was quoted as saying.

Iran and the P5+1 group, namely Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany, discussed important and different technical issues within the framework of the Geneva deal to reach a comprehensive solution, the Iranian negotiator said.

Iran and the P5+1 group held a two-day nuclear meeting in Vienna in March. Both EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif called the talks " substantive" and "useful."

The West asked Iran to significantly scale back its nuclear program to ensure its peaceful nature, while Iran wants the West to relieve their sanctions imposed on the country.

Both sides have agreed to reconvene the next round of high- level talks in Vienna on May 7, in which they will continue to discuss tough issues, including Iran's heavy water reactor.

Iran and the six major states struck a six-month interim deal in Geneva last November, according to which Iran will suspend some controversial nuclear activities starting from Jan. 20, while western states will lift some sanctions imposed on Iran.