Iran nuke talks to restart in Geneva next week: EU

Updated: 2010-11-30 19:16

(Xinhua)

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BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will fly to Geneva next week to participate in Iran nuclear talks, her spokesperson said here on Tuesday.

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Darren Ennis told the press that Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saaed Jalili had accepted Ashton's offer to meet in Geneva, and talks would take place "next Monday and Tuesday."

High representative for foreign affairs and security policy is due to have talks on behalf of the so-called 5+1 group, including the permanent UN Security Council members the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China, plus Germany.

It will be the first high-level meeting on this issue in more than one year with Iran, which wants next week's negotiations to focus on procedural issues for future talks, rather than on its concrete nuclear plans.

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