EU's Borrell says Iran's response to nuclear text 'reasonable'
EU High Representative Josep Borrell said he hoped the American response would "put an end to the negotiations."
Iran’s response to the EU proposal to salvage the nuclear accord was “reasonable,” the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday, adding that he hoped the United States would soon share its own views.
Iran submitted its formal response last week to what the EU described as a “final” text after some 16 months of EU-mediated indirect talks between Washington and Tehran aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement. Known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 deal put curbs on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
EU High Representative Josep Borrell told a press conference in the Spanish city of Santander on Monday that the United States has yet to respond to the Iranian position.
"There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations saying, 'This is the equilibrium we reached, I don't think we can improve it on one side or the other,' … and there was a response from Iran that I considered reasonable," Borrell told reporters.
