MOSCOW — Diplomats from six nations and Iran arrived in Moscow ahead of a new round of nuclear talks Monday that some American diplomats consider pivotal to determining whether or not to pursue the current incremental approach when it comes to negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
“Tomorrow’s E3+3 talks in Moscow are important meetings,” a senior Western official told journalists in Moscow Sunday. ”Iran should come prepared to negotiate seriously and take concrete steps to address the unified proposal laid out” in Baghdad, where the last round of talks were held in May. ”Iran has a right to peaceful nuclear energy under the [Non-Proliferation Treaty], but it must first meet its international obligations... If Iran remains unwilling to take the opportunities these talks present, it will face continuing and intensified pressure and isolation.
