Negotiators trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme have decided not to set a new target date to conclude talks, France’s Foreign Minister said on Monday, and he warned that if an agreement isn’t “very robust” other countries in West Asia will seek to develop nuclear weapons. “We have made some progress, but still it is not the end of the process,” laurent Fabius told a group of reporters, stressing that all parties have adopted the principle that “nothing is agreed until the moment when everything is agreed.”
Fabius said the negotiators decided that the talks will go past their June 30 target date to wait for answers to outstanding questions. He said he expects foreign ministers from the seven countries to return to Vienna this week. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey lavrov will arrive in Vienna on Tuesday and will meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also is expected in Vienna.