Negotiations between Iran and six international powers might take place in February

The European Union has proposed holding a new round of talks between Iran and the six international mediators in February, Reuters reports citing Michael Mann, the official representative of the head of European diplomacy, Catherine Ashton.

A meeting between Iran and the six international mediators was initially planned for late January. As previously reported by Vestnik Kavkaza, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today that the meeting was postponed because the parties failed to reach an agreement on the location. It was previously reported that the meeting would take place in Istanbul. Later, Iran proposed moving the meeting to Cairo.

In 2012, the six countries (Russia, the USA, China, France, Britain and Germany) and Iran held three rounds of talks: in Istanbul (April 14), Baghdad (May 23-24) and Moscow (June 18-19).