By CUI HAIPEI in Dubai, UAE, and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong |
China Daily Hong Kong |
Officials from the United States and Iran held indirect, low-level technical talks in Doha on Wednesday with third-party mediators, confirmed by diplomats and media outlets, as the two sides remain far apart on core provisions of their initial war-ending framework.
The closed-door session featured no face-to-face contact between US and Iranian delegations, according to Xinhua News Agency. Anonymous diplomatic sources said officials from Qatar and Pakistan mediated the technical negotiations covering at least three working groups focusing on nuclear issues, diplomatic affairs, financing matters and the unfreezing of Iran's overseas assets.
The diplomatic push came after Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran prioritizes diplomatic solutions, while emphasizing that preconditions must be met before final negotiations with Washington can resume.
