New Delhi, June 26 -- German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann on Thursday (local time) said that he is hopeful that the ongoing 60-day negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme will succeed following the recent halt of the conflict, while he also expressed pessimism about the prospects for an early end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict due to Russia's "unreadiness" to engage in talks.

Speaking to ANI, Ackermann said the pause in the Iran conflict has brought relief globally, particularly by stabilising oil supplies and prices. He said, "Generally speaking, I think everybody is very happy that the war has or the conflict has come to an end, a halt at least. What we see is that the oil transport is flowing again. You feel it here; oil p...