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Russia satisfied with Vienna round of P5+1-Iran talks - Russian deputy foreign minister

16 October 2014 22:42 (UTC +04:00)

“The general result, and I think this point of view may be shared by all, is that there is progress. We are not going around in circles, but the situation on key problems has not changed,” he told journalists.

He admitted that problems of Iran’s enrichment programme, the schedule for sanction lifting and the future of the reactor in Arak “have not been settled.” Moreover, in his words, “there is a series of subjects that cannot be categorized as completely agreed, let alone, committed to paper,” Ryabkov said. “These include issues of inspection and transparency, duration of the agreement and some other subjects that are essential for a compromise and the final package.

A comprehensive agreement between the P5+1 group and Teheran on Iran’s nuclear programme will require no ratification, Ryabkov said.

“We do not expect that the document would require ratification procedures,” he said. “We are negotiating a binding document, but under a generally recognized doctrine international political liabilities are equated with legal.”

However, he admitted that some resolutions of the United Nations Security Council on Iran will need to be adjusted. “Bearing in mind the fact that a number of aspects of the situation around the Iranian nuclear programme are regulated this or that way by resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, including those providing for sanctions, some new solutions will be needed to reflect the changing situation and work to give a legal status to agreements that are being prepared,” Ryabkov said.