LAUSANNE: Late on Tuesday, the US abandoned a midnight deadline to agree the outlines of a nuclear deal with Iran and insisted that “enough progress” merited extending marathon talks into Wednesday.

“We’ve made enough progress in the last days to merit staying until Wednesday. There are several difficult issues still remaining,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.

The announcement came late on a sixth day of talks in Switzerland aimed at laying the groundwork for a deal.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2015

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