Kerry, Zarif meet on nuclear accord as talks extended
As Kerry joins the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran gaps narrow, but a few significant outstanding issues stand in the way of a deal.
Geneva __ Talks on a prospective Iran nuclear accord will be extended for at least a third day after US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met here for almost five hours Friday with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
The negotiations were productive, but there is much work still to be done, Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said as his delegation returned to the diplomats' hotel just before midnight after the meeting.
There are only a few issues outstanding, but they are significant, another member of the Iranian delegation said.
Neither Kerry nor Ashton said anything upon their return from the meeting.
