US Secretary of State John Kerry at a defense conference ruled out further extending negotiations with Iran on its nuclear unless there is a framework for an agreement, according to the AFP.
Kerry met with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif at a Munich security conference on Friday and Sunday, AFP reported, to iron out the possibility of an agreement on Iran's nuclear policy. The group known as P5+1 — US, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia — has a deadline of March 31 for a political agreement.
US lawmakers have threatened to impose new sanctions for Iran if the deadline is missed, AFP reported.
On Sunday Zarif seemed to rule out any new extensions for negotiations. Kerry said there needs to be a basic outline of a deal for an extension to be possible.
"The only chance I can see of an extension at this point in time would be that you really have the outlines of the agreement," Kerry told NBC's Meet the Press in Munich aired Saturday. "If we're not able to make the fundamental decisions that have to be made over the course of the next weeks, literally, I think it would be impossible to extend."
After March 31, the nations would come up with a final deal by June 30.
