Austria: Lavrov and Wang Yi meet on sidelines of Iran nuclear talks

Translator for Wang Yi (English): "The two summits in Russia were highly successful; there were very positive responses from the international community." Wang Yi, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Chinese): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW* Translator for Wang Yi (English): "So our warm congratulations" Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (English): "Highly appreciated the participation of the Chairman of China, yourself and the delegation in those two summits." Translator for Wang Yi (English): *TRANSLATION TO FOLLOW* Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (English): "And of course we especially value the contribution China made into the success of the summit and the adoption of very important documents.” The respective Foreign Ministers of Russia and China, Sergei Lavrov and Wang Yi, met in Vienna, Monday, amid the final stages of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. Lavrov told Yi that he ‘valued the contribution China has made to the success of previous summits.’ Both diplomats are attending the P5+1 talks in the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, for what negotiators hope is a decisive day of negotiations with Iran. Earlier on Monday Yi stated that "new progress has been made in the final stage of negotiations". Negotiations between Russia, China, France, Germany, UK, US and Iran have been ongoing for 17 days and a final agreement on the nuclear deal is expected to be made sometime on Monday.