(2 Apr 2015) Top diplomats from Iran and six world powers negotiating a deal to curb Tehran's nuclear prowess have a "mutual lack of confidence" in each other, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday.
Talks resumed on Thursday, several hours after a flurry of marathon overnight sessions between Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as other meetings among the six powers negotiating to curb Iranian nuclear programmes that could be used to make weapons.
Speaking to reporters in the Swiss city of Lausanne, Zarif said: "we have a very serious problem of confidence, mutual lack of confidence, which we need to address and we hope that this process will remedy some of that."
Iran denies any interest in such arms and wants a deal that will quickly lift economic sanctions stifling its economy.
Zarif also said the so-called P5+1 countries have "national positions, adding he would rather "negotiate with one unified body".
Two days after busting through a 31 March deadline, the negotiators hope to leave the Swiss city of Lausanne with at least a text outlining general political commitments to resolve concerns about Iran's nuclear programme, and the pace of lifting sanctions.
They are also trying to fashion more detailed documents on the steps they must take by 30 June to meet those goals.
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