Nuclear talks to continue till Tuesday: Source

Iran and P5+1 agreed to extend nuclear talks until Tuesday, March 31, a source in Iranian delegation told RIA Novosti.

‘We will remain at the talks until Tuesday. The US delegation as well as European ministers also confirmed their readiness to continue the talks,’ the source said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held another meeting in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Sunday on the fifth day of talks.

The meeting between the top Iranian and US diplomats came as part of broader negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries aimed at clinching a final deal over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The US secretary of state on Sunday cancelled plans to attend an event in Boston on Monday in order to stay in Lausanne to continue the nuclear talks.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius have also delayed a planned Monday visit to Kazakhstan.

Iran and the P5+1 countries – the US, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany – have been negotiating to reach a comprehensive deal on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The two sides have set July 1 as the deadline for a final agreement.