Russia hopes the talks on Iranian nuclear program will be re-launched soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press-conference after talks with his Iranian counterpart.
Lavrov met his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi to discuss the details of a "step-by-step" plan proposed by Moscow that rewards Tehran for greater transparency with a gradual easing of UN sanctions.
The second round of negotiations in Moscow came a day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received Russian Security Council chief
Nikolai Patrushev and pronounced his approval of the new approach.
"Iran welcomes Russia's step-by-step proposal and is ready to make suggestions to cooperate," Ahmadinejad said in comments released by
the president's website.
