GENEVA — A new sense of urgency emerged as US and Iranian negotiators met for a second day here to try to advance a framework for a final nuclear accord, even as gaps remain on critical issues that still have to be overcome for any deal to be reached.
US and Iranian negotiators met at a Geneva waterfront hotel for over six hours Jan. 15, amid indications they are trying to draft a document they could present for discussion to other members of the P5+1— the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — who are due to meet here Jan. 18. Iran and the P5+1 agreed in November to extend the negotiations until June 30, while trying to finalize a framework accord for the deal by March.
