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Iran, EU agree to continue nuclear talks in January

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Dec 21, IRNA
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The Iranian delegation and representatives of EU trio - France, Germany and Britain - agreed here Wednesday to continue their talks on Iran nuclear program in Vienna in January.

Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Deputy Head for International Affairs and head of Iranian delegation Javad Vaeedi told IRNA after the second round of negotiations that the agreement was reached in the session but the exact date is to be determined.

He added that the next round of discussions will also be held in Vienna at the current level.

The discussions provide suitable opportunity to get more familiar with the latest viewpoints of the two sides and exchange of opinions and positions.

He also expressed hope that during the next round of negotiations the two sides will reach an agreement.

Director of French Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs also told reporters that talks will be held at the same level in January.

"The framework of talks will be determined in the future," he said but did not elaborate further.

The SNSC Deputy for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian, Deputy Head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization for International Affairs Mohammad Saeedi, Iranian Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh and Deputy Director-General for Political and International Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh comprise the Iranian negotiating delegation.

The European team includes 12 senior experts and managers from the foreign ministries of Britain, France and Germany.

The nuclear talks between Iran and Europe, which were suspended in August by the European side following Iran's announcement that it was resuming uranium enrichment at its uranium conversion facility in Isfahan.

The second and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the EU3 started behind closed doors at Iran's representative office in the Vienna-based International Center at 15:30 hours local time (18:00 hours Tehran time) on Wednesday.

Vaeedi told IRNA that during the talks the two sides expressed their outlooks on Iran's nuclear activities.

Vaeedi said that the first round provided a good opportunity for both sides to get acquainted with each other's approach towards the issue.

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