Turkish FM reiterates support for Iran-5+1 talks

TEHRAN,July 28(MNA) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated his support for the continuation of nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany). Davutoglu made the remarks during a meeting with Ali Baqeri, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in Istanbul on Wednesday, a day after negotiators from Tehran and the European Union met in the same city in an attempt to find common ground for another round of high-level talks between Iran and the 5+1 group. In the latest round of high-level talks between Iran and the six major powers in Moscow on June 18 and 19 the two sides agreed to hold expert talks. Michael Mann, a spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said on Tuesday that the next step in discussions between Iran and world powers would be a conversation between Ashton, who represents the 5+1 group in nuclear negotiations with Tehran, and Saeed Jalili, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, who is the country’s chief nuclear negotiator. Anatolian Agency, quoting diplomatic sources, reported on Wednesday that the next round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 group would be held in Istanbul.