Araqchi: Next Round Of Talks To Be Held In June In Vienna

Tehran, May 18, IRNA – Senior member of Iranˈs nuclear negotiating team Abbas Araqchi said that the next round of talks between Iran and Group 5+1 will be held on June 16-20 in Vienna. Deputy Foreign Minister in Legal and International Affairs told IRNA on Wednesday evening that the next round will be held in June in Vienna. Another Foreign Ministry official, who asked not to be named, also told IRNA that before June 16 talks, other meetings will be held in different levels between the two sides. To a question that it was due that two rounds of talks to be held in June between Iran and Group 5+1, he replied that the next round of talks may be held even before June 16. Iran and Group 5+1 had intensive and hard talks on May 13-16 in Vienna to begin compiling text of comprehensive nuclear agreement, but the talks ended without noticeable progress./end