World powers gave Iran fresh details on a proposed deal aimed at ending international concern over Tehran's nuclear programme during talks in Istanbul, the European Union said on Tuesday.
At the talks on Monday, experts from the five permanent UN Security Council members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the US plus Germany ‘had technical discussions with Iran,’ said a brief statement from a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Mondays’s technical exchange will be followed by political talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 5-6 April, said Michael Mann, the spokesman for Ashton, who heads the talks between the six powers and Iran.
In Istanbul, the experts, led by Stephan Klement, ‘provided further details on the revised confidence building proposal’ put forward by the western powers to Iran in talks in Almaty on 26 and 27 February.
The EU statement said the Istanbul talks also provided an opportunity for experts from both sides ‘to explore each other's positions on a number of technical subjects.’ On Monday, US President Barack Obama urged Iran to take ‘immediate and meaningful steps’ to move ‘toward an enduring, long-term settlement’ with the world over its disputed nuclear programme.
At the talks on Monday, experts from the five permanent UN Security Council members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the US plus Germany ‘had technical discussions with Iran,’ said a brief statement from a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Mondays’s technical exchange will be followed by political talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 5-6 April, said Michael Mann, the spokesman for Ashton, who heads the talks between the six powers and Iran.
In Istanbul, the experts, led by Stephan Klement, ‘provided further details on the revised confidence building proposal’ put forward by the western powers to Iran in talks in Almaty on 26 and 27 February.
The EU statement said the Istanbul talks also provided an opportunity for experts from both sides ‘to explore each other's positions on a number of technical subjects.’ On Monday, US President Barack Obama urged Iran to take ‘immediate and meaningful steps’ to move ‘toward an enduring, long-term settlement’ with the world over its disputed nuclear programme.