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Thursday, May 22, 2014

France's Iran negotiator switches roles at delicate stage in talks

Director-General for Political and Security Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Audibert looks on at the start of closed-door nuclear talks in Geneva France's main negotiator in talks between six world powers and Iran is leaving his post at a crucial moment, less than two months before the deadline for a final agreement over Tehran's nuclear program. Jacques Audibert, who has pushed for a tough line on Iran, has been promoted to a senior role in President Francois Hollande's diplomatic team, the president's office said on Thursday. Paris has long held out for strict terms in the talks, in which the United States, Russia, China, Britain, Germany and France are contemplating a further easing of economic sanctions if Iran can dispel their concerns that it wants to build nuclear weapons - an intention it strongly denies.




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