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Burns to join Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

The United States may merge the bilateral and P5+1 channels to break the logjam in the nuclear talks.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns attends a news conference in Tripoli April 24, 2014. Burns, the most senior U.S. official to visit Libya since a deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. compound there, said on Thursday Libya was facing a severe challenge from an increase in extremist violence. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3MG2I

US Deputy Secretary of State Williams Burns will join talks between Iran and the P5+1 in Vienna on Monday, a US official told Al-Monitor.

Burns was seen by Al-Monitor on the plane Sunday traveling with the US delegation, led by Undersecretary Wendy Sherman, to Vienna from Washington. He and Sherman are expected to meet Monday with Iranian and European Union negotiators. Sherman will stay on for nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 expected to go til Friday, as efforts intensify to reach a final nuclear accord by July 20.

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