EU, Iran to hold fresh nuclear talks

AFP, Belgium :
EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif on Wednesday in New York for further talks on Tehran’s contested nuclear programme, her spokeswoman said.
There will be additional “negotiating sessions” ahead of formal discussions between Iran and the P5+1 powers-the UN Security Council permanent members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany-Ashton’s spokeswoman said.
These P5+1 talks will take place on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, the spokeswoman added.
Zarif and Ashton will hold a working lunch, his deputy Abbas Araqchi told Iranian state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.