'Iran- P5+1 talks scheduled for early April'

The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that Istanbul will be hosting the multifaceted talks between Iran and the six major world powers in early April.


On Thursday, the P5+1 - comprising of Russia, China, France, Britain, the US, and Germany - expressed their readiness to resume the talks with Iran. Tehran also says it is ready to continue negotiations based on common ground.

Iran and the P5+1 have held two rounds of multifaceted talks, one in Geneva in December 2010 and another in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2011.

Davutoglu said the May 2010 Tehran Agreement between Turkey, Iran and Brazil, which was rejected by the West, was a huge '“missed opportunity'.


/Hurriyet Daily News/