Sunday 29 March 2015 - 14:41
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Mogherini meets with German, French counterparts for Iran nuclear talks
LAUSANNE (Sputnik) EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini held a meeting withFrench and German foreign ministers duringa working breakfast onSunday morning, a Sputnik correspondent reported Sunday.
Both Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Laurent Fabius arrived inLausanne onSaturday.
On Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond are expected toarrive inthe Swiss city totake part intalks onTehran's nuclear program.
Earlier inthe day, Iran and the United States held another bilateral meeting including Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary ofState John Kerry, US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Chief ofAtomic Energy Organization ofIran Ali Akbar Salehi.
The foreign ministers fromthe P5+1 group, comprising the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, the United States and Germany, are expected toconclude a political framework agreement onsettling the Iran nuclear issue bythe end ofMarch.
The final deal that would ensure the peaceful nature ofIran's nuclear activities will be agreed uponby the end ofJune.
By Sputnik News
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