(VOVworld) – “Lifting all the sanctions on Iran must be part of a nuclear agreement”, said Abbas Araqchi, the top Iranian nuclear negotiator ahead of a new round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran scheduled for next Wednesday in Vienna.

Abbas Araqchi is Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister and top nuclear negotiator.

Araqchi said that although it would take time to lift all the sanctions, Iran was keen on its petition to be fulfilled as soon as possible. The up-coming round of talks in Vienna is scheduled for July 2 and will continue until July 15.
The US State Department said that Bill Burns, US Deputy Secretary of State, was likely to attend the nuclear talks in Vienna. Burns used to serve as a chief negotiator for the US-Iran secret nuclear talks, the outcome of which was a temporary agreement with Iran in November 2013.