A nuclear deal with Iran is very close to being signed, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Saturday.

The top EU diplomat told the Doha Forum international conference: “Now we are very close to an agreement and I hope it will be possible,” Reuters reported.

Negotiations have been for months ongoing in Vienna to revive the 2015 agreement which the US unilaterally withdrew from in 2018.

The talks had been close to an agreement until Russia made demands, calling for US guarantees regarding the sanctions against Moscow and the trade with the Islamic Republic.

Last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollhian made a visit to Moscow, where he met Lavrov and discussed the Russian demands.

Source: Agencies