JCPOA Meeting to Assess Progress of Expert Talks

By Staff, Agencies 

The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] is scheduled to convene in Vienna on Saturday to evaluate the results of the meetings that three specialized working groups have held over the past several days.

According to information, the session will be attended by the heads of delegations from the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, namely Iran, Russia, China, the UK, France and Germany.

It will review the progress in the activities of three working groups that focus on nuclear issues, the removal of sanctions, and the JCPOA implementation arrangements. 

The three working groups and diplomatic teams have held intensive negotiations in the Austrian capital over the past days to agree on a final text about the revival of the nuclear deal or a possible return of the US to the JCPOA.

The negotiating teams from the Group 4+1 will return to their respective capitals after the Saturday meeting.

On Thursday, head of the Iranian team Abbas Araqchi had a quadrilateral meeting with heads of the three European delegations.

Meetings were also held between Araqchi and Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Action Service Enrique Mora.

A new round of talks began in Vienna on April 6 between Iran and the remaining members of the nuclear deal.