New York, Sept 22, IRNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad0 Zarif and his US counterpart John Kerry had a brief bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the foreign ministerial meeting of the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, Germany, France and Britain plus Germany) on Thursday.

The talks between Zarif and Kerry focused on the effective implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The First Joint Iran-Group 5+1 commission meeting will be held upon a request by Iran in New York in the coming hours.

The meeting will discuss and decide about the results of negotiations between experts and deputy foreign minister that were held over past few days.

By IRNA