A P5+1 meeting is responsible for hammering out the July 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran could meet on the sidelines of the upcoming UN General Assembly.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � A meeting among�the six foreign ministers responsible for�hammering out�the July 2015 landmark nuclear deal with�Iran could meet on�the sidelines of�the upcoming UN General Assembly, the director of�the Russian Foreign Ministry�s Second Asian Department said Tuesday.

"Sergei Viktorovich [Lavrov] will likely cross paths with [Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad] Zarif. A meeting between�the six foreign ministers is being worked out�on the Iranian nuclear program," Zamir Kabulov, presidential envoy to�Afghanistan, told RIA Novosti. The 71st session of�the United Nations General Assembly begins later Tuesday in�New York.

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