As Iran Nuclear Talks Extend, Lavrov Flies to Geneva
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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov flew to Geneva on Saturday as talks over Iran nuclear program was extended for third day.
"Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is currently flying out to Switzerland," Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified source as saying.
Another source told Interfax that Moscow expected foreign ministers from the so-called P5+1 group of the five permanent UN Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- and Germany to conduct a joint meeting in Geneva on Saturday.
"We hope that a meeting (of the P5+1) will take place with the involvement of all the ministers, including Lavrov," the Russian diplomatic source noted.
Iranian and international negotiators are spending a third day negotiating the first steps toward reining in Tehran's nuclear program and easing harsh sanctions.
Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, had raised expectations of a deal, and several Western foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, have rushed to join the talks.
Talks broke late Friday evening. A European Union spokesman called the talks "intense" and "good." A senior State Department official said the meeting made progress, but there is still more work to do.
Source: Agencies
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