Kerry, Zarif met in Lausanne on Iranian nuclear deal – source
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are meeting on Iran's nuclear deal in the Swiss city of Lausanne, a source in the US delegation said Wednesday, Sputnik reports.
Tuesday was the deadline for reaching an interim deal on Iran's nuclear program with a comprehensive agreement expected to be worked out in July.
The agreement is expected to partly or fully lift the economic sanctions imposed on Iran.
"Zarif and Kerry are talking," the source told RIA Novosti.
Earlier in the day, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said P5+1 and Iran will make a joint statement Wednesday on the progress of the negotiations.