Iran is ready to resume talks with the Iran Six on its controversial nuclear program after November 10, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs said.
Speaking during an EU summit in Brussels, Catherine Ashton said Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, had agreed to resume negotiations with the six international mediators "in a place and on a date convenient to both sides."
Ashton said she would speak to Jalili later in the day to discuss the details of the planned meeting.
Last week, the top EU diplomat sent a letter to Iran's ambassador to the EU, inviting Jalili to restart talks from November 15-17.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said earlier in October that Tehran was ready for a new round of talks but only on a number of conditions, including a comment by the Iran Six on Israel's nuclear capability.
Western powers suspect Iran of building nuclear weapons under the guise of a peaceful nuclear program, an accusation Tehran strongly denies.
The Iran Six, which comprises Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany, has been trying since 2003 to convince Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program and to alleviate concerns about its nuclear ambitions.
Talks between Tehran and the Iran Six came to a halt in 2009, after an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution condemned the Islamic Republic over the construction of a second uranium enrichment facility.
The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program in June.
BRUSSELS, October 29 (RIA Novosti)
