Zarif Off To Vienna

Tehran, June 16, IRNA - Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, heading the nuclear negotiating team, left Tehran for Vienna, Austria, Monday morning. The team includes Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbass Araqchi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Euro-American Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Foreign Ministryˈs Director General for Political Affairs Hamid Baeedinejad, and Foreign Ministerˈs Advisor Davoud Mohammadnia. Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Amir-Hossein Zamani is also heading the legal advisor team. Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are to discuss the way to proceed the nuclear talks between Iran and the six western powers during a working dinner in Vienna this evening. This is the first time Zarif and Ashton begin their talks during a working dinner, where the two sides would made decisions about the venue and time of Iran-G5+1 negotiation between Iran and the G5+1./end