Iran talks: Good eats, but little progress on nuclear divide
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24-Jan-2011 (one comment)

Washington (CNN) -- There was one silver lining in the two days of talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear activities.

"The food was excellent," one Western diplomat said.

But aside from the pleasing hospitality, little progress was made by U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China to come up a solution to stopping Iran's quest for nukes, according to diplomats briefed on the meeting.

The latest meeting between world powers with Iran's lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, in Geneva, Switzerland, failed to exceed the low expectations that were set, the diplomats all said.

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by yolanda on Mon Jan 24, 2011 07:06 PM PST

Diplomats said that Jalili spent the morning trying to find divisions among the partners in the talks. When he couldn't peel anyone away, he looked to his Turkish hosts to try and find some wiggle room.

Then, the talks broke for Muslim prayers. After the prayers, Jalili said he had a headache and disappeared for several hours. When the talks finally resumed that evening, it was clear progress was a pipedream.

 


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