Kerry, others heading to Geneva for Iran talks
GENEVA – Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of other major powers lent their weight to the Iran nuclear talks after envoys reported progress Friday in marathon negotiations to curb the Iranian program in return for limited sanctions relief.
After a third day of talks, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said Kerry was en route to Geneva to “help narrow the differences.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Geneva late Friday.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced he would also travel to Geneva. A French diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius would join the others here.
The announcements followed a day in which diplomats appeared more and more optimistic that a deal could be struck.
Ending hunger in Africa possible, U.N. says
UNITED NATIONS –Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2025 is achievable if Africa’s leaders champion it and promote improved crop production and healthy eating, the head of the U.N. food and agriculture agency said Friday.
Jose Graziano da Silva went even further in an interview with The Associated Press, saying the Food and Agriculture Organization believes that hunger can be eradicated around the globe “in a generation in our lifetime” if there is a political commitment by world leaders to ensure that all their citizens get access to nutritious food.
“We are not talking about sending a man to the moon or something that complicated,” he said. “We have the technology. We have the expertise. We have the things that we need to do it.”
Associated Press
