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US, Iranian delegations accommodated at different hotels in Burgenstock

According to journalists on the scene, contact between the sides outside the official negotiating venues has been reduced to a minimum

BURGENSTOCK, June 21. /TASS/. The US-Iran talks in Switzerland’s Burgenstock continue amid enhanced security measures, with the delegations being practically totally isolated from each other, a TASS correspondent reported.

The US and Iranian delegation are accommodated at different hotels within the resort and are traveling along different routes. According to journalists on the scene, contact between the sides outside the official negotiating venues has been reduced to a minimum.

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