Iran-EU nuclear talks likely in Spain in May: Report

Tehran, May 19: The next round of talks between Iran and the European Union on Tehran's disputed nuclear programme is likely to take place in Spain later this month, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying today.

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, a Spaniard, last met in Turkey on April 25-26 and agreed to meet again but without fixing a date and venue.

''There is a high possibility that it will take place in Spain,'' Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the ILNA news agency, suggesting the meeting would be sometime between May 22 and May 31. The official IRNA news agency earlier this week said May 31 was the agreed date.

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