Iran, EU to hold nuclear talks on May 31-IRNA

TEHRAN, May 15 (Reuters) Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet on May 31 for a new round of talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear work, the IRNA news agency said today.

Larijani and Solana last met on April 26 in the Turkish capital Ankara. IRNA said they agreed to meet again during a phone discussion in which they emphasised the need for a ''logical and legal solution through diplomatic means.'' IRNA did not say where the meeting would take place.

Iran is embroiled in a deepening standoff with the West over its atomic ambitions, which the West fears are aimed at making nuclear weapons. Tehran says it only wants to produce electricity.

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