Itongadol.- France\’s foreign minister said on Monday he was hopeful a deal could be reached with Iran over its nuclear program, although Tehran still had to make an effort on a few points.
"We are not far from an agreement with the Iranians, but we are not there yet," Laurent Fabius told Europe 1 radio.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped a deal ending a dispute on Iran\’s nuclear program would be completed within months.
Speaking at a news conference with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan in Abu Dhabi, Kerry added that he was confident such an agreement would protect US ally Israel.
Kerry added that Washington was "not (in) a race" to complete talks with Iran on its nuclear program.
Marathon talks between the P5+1 – the United States, Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France – and Iran on Saturday did not end in an agreement. The sides arranged to meet again on Nov. 20.
Some diplomats accused France of grandstanding during the talks over the weekend, something Fabius denied, saying Paris was not isolated, but had an independent foreign policy.
"We are firm, but not rigid. We want peace, and we want to reach the end," he said.