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'Intense' Iran Nuclear Talks End With Agreement to Meet Again

Two days of talks between Iran and six nations ended Thursday in Baghdad with no breakthroughs but a plan to meet again next month, write Al-Monitor's Laura Rozen and Barbara Slavin. Chief European Union negotiator Catherine Ashton said that while discussions made it clear while "that there is some common ground … significant differences remain.”

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili pose for the media before their meeting in Baghdad May 23, 2012.    REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS)
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili pose for the media before their meeting in Baghdad May 23, 2012. — REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

BAGHDAD — Iran and six nations ended two days of “intense” and difficult nuclear talks in Baghdad late Thursday with no breakthroughs but a plan to meet again in Moscow next month.

Chief European Union negotiator Catherine Ashton said that while the discussions made it clear that while “we both want to make progress and that there is some common ground … significant differences remain.”

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