Venue for next round of nuclear talks with Iran known

Next round of nuclear talks with Iran will be held in Moscow on June 18-19 ç APA reports quoting ?TAR-TASS. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says both sides have agreed to continue the discussions on June 18-19 in hopes of a breakthrough on international concerns about the Islamic Republic’s ability to build atomic weapons.

Thursday’s announcement caps two days of negotiations in Baghdad where at times it appeared Tehran would withdraw from the talks in frustration over the West’s refusal so far to scale back tough economic sanctions on Iran.


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