Iranian and EU chief diplomats to discuss final treaty in Istanbul

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU Chief Diplomat Catherine Ashton will have an informal meeting in Istanbul on May 26-27 to discuss signing of the final treaty of Iran and the group of Six that would settle disputes over the Iranian nuclear issue, RIA Novosti reports.

The previous round of talks in Vienna in mid-May was fruitless. Ashton and Zarif called their joint declaration off after the discussion.