Participants in the eighth round of the Vienna talks on the restoration of the Iran nuclear deal have agreed to intensify the process of drafting documents in order to reach a final agreement as soon as possible, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov, who heads the Russian delegation to the talks, said on Monday.
"At the meeting of the Joint Commission today the 8th round of the ViennaTalks was declared open. The participants held businesslike and result-oriented discussions. In particular they agreed to intensify the drafting process in order to achieve an agreement ASAP," he wrote on his Twitter account.
The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has had seven offline meetings in Vienna since April to find ways to restore the nuclear deal in its original form. The sides discuss prospects for the United States’ possible return to the deal, steps needed to ensure full compliance with the deal’s terms by Iran, and issues of lifting the anti-Iranian sanctions.
The seventh round of talks on the restoration of the Iran nuclear deal finished in Vienna on December 17. It was noted that the parties want to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program in its original edition.
The eighth round of talks kicked off on Monday. It is expected to be the last one as the negotiators are set to finish the work by early February.
