Updated 10:09 p.m. Moscow Time
VIENNA, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Experts of the P5+1 group and Iran plan on meeting next week in Vienna, Austria, to work on the details of the comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday.
"It is agreed that next week, in three or four days, the experts will gather [in Vienna] to work on the details of particular aspects of what can be deemed as relatively positive [in the talks] in order not to waste time," Ryabkov told Russian journalists after today's round of talks.
Ministerial talks are likely to take place as well, but they could be held closer to the end of the negotiations on November 24.
The West has long been concerned with Iran's nuclear program, accusing Tehran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear program, however, the claims have been repeatedly denied by Iranian authorities.
At a meeting in November 2013 in Geneva, Iran and the P5+1 group, comprising Russia, China, France, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, agreed to reach a long-term nuclear agreement by July 2014 but the deadline was later postponed to November 24, 2014.
The previous round of negotiations between Iran and the international mediators was held in September in New York and failed to yield any results, as the parties did not agree on any of the key issues.
