French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. June 20, 2015. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Reuters: France says Iran deal 'still not clear' as deadline nears
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on Iran's nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.
Fabius has said he would meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday to assess where Iran stands ahead of the final round of talks on its nuclear program, which begin later in the week.
"We need to be extremely firm, at the stage where we are now, things are still not clear," Fabius said in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Monday's bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers' summit in Luxembourg, will be followed by a meeting between Zarif and all the European parties negotiating with Iran.
Update: Any nuclear deal with Iran must be verifiable: France -- AFP
WNU Editor: This is revealing
.... "We need to be extremely firm, at the stage where we are now, things are still not clear," Fabius said in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
If things are still not clear .... after years of negotiations and talks .... how can it be "cleared up" in just the next 10 days?
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