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Chinese FM quits Iran talks, team stays behind

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AFP Lausanne
Last Updated : Apr 01 2015 | 3:07 AM IST
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi left talks in Switzerland to seal an outline nuclear deal with Iran but his negotiating team remained behind, a Western diplomat said.
"His deputy is staying," the diplomat told reporters as the tough negotiations were going down the wire to a midnight deadline.
Earlier, a senior US official said that the talks could drag into tomorrow, while an Iranian negotiator said his team was ready to keep talking "as long as necessary.

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First Published: Apr 01 2015 | 3:07 AM IST

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