Is Iran paying NK to carry on like lunatics to divert attention from from Iran while they make their final lurch to acquiring nuclear weapons?Talks between world powers and Iran on its nuclear programme have ended without agreement, with the EU saying their positions "remain far apart".
Over two days of talks in Almaty, Iran was asked to give up work on its most sensitive nuclear activities in return for an easing of sanctions. Iran said it was up to the world powers to demonstrate willingness to take confidence-building steps.
| They did, however, appreciate that they had another day's work done... |
"It became clear that the positions... remain far apart on the substance," she told reporters on Saturday.
"We have therefore agreed that all sides will go back to [their] capitals to evaluate where we stand in the process," she added. "I think the first hurdle is take the proposal that we put on the table and get a real response to all of it... The challenge is to get real engagement so that we can move forward with this."
| Did she actually say anything with that statement? |
"Unfortunately we were unable to achieve a breakthrough and are still on the threshold," he was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency.
According to AFP news agency, he also said no time or place for the next talks had yet been agreed.