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Sat, 07/28/2012 - 12:16
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Ashton says new talks over Iran’s nuclear issue to be held soon: report

TEHRAN, July 28 (MNA) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said a new round of talks will be held over Iran’s nuclear program soon, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday. “Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear issue will be held soon between Iranian and European officials,” the As-Safir newspaper quoted Ashton as telling reporters. Senior officials from the EU and Iran wrapped up talks in Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon and agreed to make "contact" between Ashton and Iran's lead negotiator Saeed Jalili. The Istanbul meeting between Ashton's deputy, Helga Schmid, and her Iranian counterpart, Ali Bagheri, was called after high-level talks in Moscow last month between Iran and the 5+1group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) failed to produce a breakthrough.

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