Kerry Says Nuclear Talks Offer to Iran Are Time-Limited
Source: Bloomberg
By Nicole Gaouette and Deema Almashabi - Mar 4, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said an offer to negotiate with Iran about its nuclear program is limited in time and warned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
Kerry said confronting the Iranian nuclear program remains “the most urgent” priority and that the talks offer was not open-ended. Negotiations between six world powers and Iran were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Feb. 26 and 27 without concrete results. The discussions are slated to continue on a technical level in Istanbul before resuming in Kazakhstan on April 5.
“It is absolutely not unlimited,” Kerry said of the negotiations. “Talks will not go on for the sake of talks.”
World powers led by the U.S. are seeking a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, which they say may have a secret military dimension, in return for the removal of economic sanctions imposed because of illicit atomic work. The stakes are high as both the U.S. and Israel have said that military action is possible to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its program is for civilian energy and medical research.
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