US_ Iran indirect nuclear talks in Qatar end without progress
Indirect talks between United states and Iran aimed at breaking an impasse over how to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear pact have ended in Doha without the progress 'the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for'_ EU's envoy Enrique Mora tweeted on Wednesday.
'We will keep working with even better urgency to bring back on track a key deal for non-proliferation and regional stability_' EU's envoy said.
A US State Department spokesman said in a statement that Iran 'failed to respond positively to the EU's initiative and therefore ... no progress was made' in the dialogues.
The EU-mediated_ indirect talks started on Tuesday with EU's envoy Mora as the coordinator_ shuttling between Iran's Ali Bagheri Kani and Washington's special Iran envoy Rob Malley based in separate rooms in a hotel in Qatar's capital Doha.
Iran refuses to hold direct dialogues with its arch-foe_ the United States_ resulting in the 'proximity' talks arrangement involving Mora.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Naser Kanani said Bagheri Kani and Mora 'will be in touch about continuing the path and the next stage of the talks'_ according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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