Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 30
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
Iran and the P 5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) held a new round of talks on Tehran 's disputed nuclear program on March 30, which lasted one hour, Iran 's Fars news agency reported.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his counterparts from the six world powers participated in the Lausanne plenary chaired by Federica Mogherini, high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
After the meeting the negotiating sides have started bilateral meetings, which may last all day.
On March 29, the six foreign ministers held a coordination session for today's meeting after they had held two or multi-sided talks.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called the session a 'decisive' one. The session, which was to be held on March 29 but was postponed one day due to the late arrival of one of the foreign ministers attending the talks.
Iran and the P5+1 are trying to hammer out a comprehensive agreement on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program by July 1.
They have decided to reach a political understanding by the end of March.
The US and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon, something that Iran denies.
Edited by CN