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EU's Ashton to stay on until end of Iran nuclear talks
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton attends the Gaza international donors conference in Cairo, October 12, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
20/09/2014
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will continue leading nuclear negotiations with Iran until a deal is reached, even if a November deadline is missed, she said on Monday.
Ashton's five-year term as EU foreign policy chief ends at the end of this month, and she had said she would stay on as nuclear negotiator until Nov. 24, the deadline for reaching a long-term settlement with Iran over its nuclear program.
Asked if she would continue beyond that date if necessary, she told reporters at an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg: "I have been asked to carry on until it's done."
Ashton, a Briton, negotiates with the Iranian delegation on behalf of the six powers involved in the talks: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.
(Reporting by Robin Emmott; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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