MOSCOW, November 21 (Sputnik) — It is unlikely that Iran will agree to a 12-month nuclear breakout period, the Executive Secretary of the Provisional Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization told Sputnik News Agency on Friday.
"If you see from the debate we saw just now, it's unlikely. It's unlikely, but I think there is a way to come to certain agreements," Lassino Zerbo said on the sidelines of the 2014 Moscow Nonproliferation Conference.
He added that dialogue between the negotiating parties could help reach certain results and expressed hope that there would be progress in that direction.
Speaking of the nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in Vienna, the executive secretary said that the parties needed to compromise if they wanted to reach a result instead of insisting solely on their own positions.
"In negotiations you need compromise… we're not far from an agreement. We've got to get this agreement as soon as possible, because the more we delay, the less possible it will be," Zerbo said.
The nuclear talks on Iran's nuclear program are currently taking place in Vienna between Iran's representatives and the P5+1 countries that include Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany. In 2013, the negotiators agreed to reach a long-term deal with Tehran by July 2014 guaranteeing the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, but the deadline was later moved to November 24.
Tehran's nuclear activities raised concerns in many countries which resulted in Iran becoming a target of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, as well as the United States, the European Union and several other nations.
On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the Iranian side had not yet proposed any practical solutions to the disputes in regard to its nuclear program.
