Diplomacy on Iran's nuclear issue still under way: EU diplomat

Diplomatic discussions on the European Union's new draft resolution on Iran's nuclear issue are still going on and an IAEA board vote on the resolution is not impending, diplomats in Vienna said Friday.

On Thursday, the EU trio -- France, Germany and Britain -- tabled a revised draft resolution, taking out the content about reporting the issue to the UN Security Council, signaling a softened position.

However, Russia rejected the new proposal on Thursday while the United States threatened to push for a vote on the old draft resolution that demands the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report the issue to the UN Security Council which has a say on whether to impose sanctions on Iran.

The IAEA board meeting, which was previously scheduled to end on Friday, adjourned on Friday morning, and its members continued their close-door diplomacy on the new resolution, a diplomat told Xinhua.

The diplomat, who declined to reveal his name, said the EU has not yet formally circulated the new draft resolution, implying that no vote is impending on the new resolution.

Source: Xinhua