article_snippet.sent: But President Barack Obama's spokesman confirmed that 'the sense that we have is yes, that the talks continue to be productive and that progress is being made.'
article_snippet.sent: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Wednesday morning that 'ministers have reached a general agreement on all key aspects of a final settlement of this issue.'
article_snippet.sent: Asserting that 'it will be put down in writing over the next few hours, maybe during the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov added.
article_snippet.sent: And Britain's Hammond said, 'I think we have a broad framework of understanding, but there are still some key issues that have to be worked through.' 'Some of them are quite detailed and technical so there is still quite a lot of work to do
article_snippet.sent: and we'll keep going at it,' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. diplomats said it was 'not true,' as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested, that key issues had been worked out.
highlights_snippet.sent: The sense that we have is yes, that the talks continue to be productive and that progress is being made,' President Barack Obama's spokesman said .
  