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Negotiators are still having constructive conversations at the Iran nuclear talks and have not reached a deadline yet, says White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
The White House says it remains committed to nuclear negotiations with Iran despite Tehran's "provocative" statement that it will ramp up uranium enrichment. "We are certainly concerned about these provocative announcements," President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that initial talks by its partners in Vienna on Iran were "constructive" as President Joe Biden looks for ways to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal. "We do see this as a constructive and certainly welcome step," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco next month for "constructive" talks, the White House says. "It's going to be in San Francisco, it is going to be a constructive meeting. The president is looking forward to it," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says of the long-awaited talks. SOUNDBITE
The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says he had "constructive discussions" with Iranian officials that could pave the way for the revival of a landmark 2015 agreement. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).