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Diplomat says P5+1 divided over draft Iran accord

The P5+1 delayed a meeting this morning with Iran because the 'the western side is divided' according to one diplomat.
(L, front - back) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, (R, front - back) Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speak together during the third day of closed-door nuclear talks at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, November 9, 2013. Barring a last-minute breakthrough, talks b

Geneva__ Iran and world powers were supposed to resume ministerial level talks here Saturday morning but the western powers in the P5+1 are divided and were meeting among themselves, a senior diplomat involved in the talks told al-Monitor in an interview Saturday.

"It is obvious, there are serious differences" among the P5+1, the senior diplomat, speaking not for attribution, said. "We were supposed to restart negotiations at 8:30am, but the western side is divided."

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