Nuclear negotiators in Vienna ended their first week of talks without a deal and returned to their capitals for consultations on December 3rd. European Union chief diplomat Enrique Mora said that there needs to be a "convergence of policy" for negotiations to proceed. Iranian negotiators repeated a demand for the United States to unfreeze $10 billion in assets. The goal of the talks is to bring Iran and the United States back into compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 agreement limiting Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. From Dubai, French president Emmanuel Macron voiced skepticism about the eventual outcome of the talks and said it was important to discuss "other regional issues" beyond Iran's nuclear program.