EU foreign executive Catherine Ashton said Saturday at the end of two days of fruitless discussion in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that the positions between Iran and the six powers “remain far apart.” Iran’s senior negotiator Saeed Jalili had brought no responses to the proposals the six powers presented at the former meeting and continued to stand by Iran’s right to enrich uranium and its recognition.
No more meetings were scheduled. But a senior US official who refused to be identified said, “"There was no breakthrough but also no breakdown.Our intention is to proceed."