EU, Iran nuclear talks in Brussels
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Brussels, Jan 29, IRNA
EU-IRAN
Iranian and European negotiators are to meet in Brussels Monday to continue discussions on Iran's nuclear programme, EU and Iranian sources confirmed to IRNA in Brussels.
The sources did not give details but said director general level officials from France, Germany and the UK as well as a representative of EU High Representative Javier Solana will participate in the talks.
The venue of the meeting has not been declared yet.
An IRNA dispatch from Tehran said Deputy Head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Javad Vaeedi is to head the Iranian negotiating team while the European negotiating team would be headed by a representative from France.
The EU-Iran talks coincide with the meeting of EU foreign Ministers in Brussels on Monday. Iran is on the agenda of the meeting.
The ministers are expected to issue a statement underlining that the 25-member European bloc believes Iran's nuclear issue can be resolved by talks.
"We are committed to seeking diplomatic solution and still believe that it can be resolved by negotiations, but clearly that would require a cooperative and transparent approach from the part of the Iranian government which is what we are still looking for," EU sources told reporters in Brussels.
Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Belarus are among the issues that the EU Council of foreign ministers will discuss in its regular monthly meeting on Monday.
It will be the first EU foreign ministers meeting under the Austrian EU Presidency. Austria took over the six-month rotating EU Presidency from the UK on January 1.
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