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EU foreign policy chief sees Iran nuclear deal in days

(L to R) US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Budget; EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell; and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud attend a plenary session titled "Transforming for a New Era", during the Doha Forum in Qatar's capital on March 26, 2022. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
  • "We are very close but there are still some issues pending," Borrell told reporters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum in Qatar
  • The EU coordinator for the talks, Enrique Mora, was traveling to Tehran on Saturday and said he was hoping to close gaps in the negotiations

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Saturday that a new deal on Iran’s nuclear program would be sealed within days.

“We are very close but there are still some issues pending,” Borrell told reporters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum in Qatar. “I cannot tell you when or how, but it is a matter of days.”

International powers behind the accord have been saying for weeks that agreement is close on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, which began to unravel after the United States withdrew in 2018.

Western parties have been pushing for the talks to be concluded “urgently” because of the accelerated pace of Iran’s nuclear program.

The EU coordinator for the talks, Enrique Mora, was traveling to Tehran on Saturday and said he was hoping to close gaps in the negotiations.

“We are at 95 percent but the last five percent is critical,” according to Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, who said the last major obstacle was removed when Russia ended its opposition to a deal earlier this month.

“We want to prevent the nuclear program from advancing,” Borrell said. “I will be very disappointed if it does not happen.”