Outcome of Vienna Talks: Negotiations to Continue
Outcome of Vienna Talks: Negotiations to Continue Assist. Prof. Bayram Sinkaya, ORSAM Advisor and Yıldırım Beyazıt University The last round of the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (The Permanent Five of the United Nations Security Council – the US, China, Britain, France, Russia – and Germany) for one year was held on 17-24 November in Vienna. The last day for the pre-set date for reaching a final decision in negotiations was 24 November. Days before this date, the ministers of foreign affairs of the countries involved in negotiations moved to Vienna in order to solve the issues that locked the talks. But no positive outcome has produced in this respect. However, the parties agreed to continue the negotiations by extending the Joint Action Plan (JAP), which they signed in November 2013 in order to reach a comprehensive agreement regarding the Iranian Nuclear Program until 1 July 2015. Within the scope of JAP, it was envisaged that international sanctions imposed on ...