"At this moment when I am talking, there have been no significant advances," Fabius told reporters. "We were due to have a meeting this morning of the P5+1 on one side and the Iranians on the other but because of a lack of progress, this meeting (had) to be called off."
Fabius did not specify at what level such a meeting was to be held but diplomats had previously said that they had set aside time on Friday for a meeting of ministers from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Iran. On another note, Minister Fabius said there had been no confirmation of Iraqi information about possible attacks on the Paris subway system by Islamic State militants.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had said on Thursday his country had credible intelligence that Islamic State was planning to hit subways in Paris and the United States.
REUTERS