Ashton had ‘constructive’ meeting with Jalili in Istanbul: spokesman

(MNA) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili held “constructive” talks in Istanbul on Tuesday, Ashton spokesman Michael Mann has said.
The meeting was the first after the two officials’ talks in Moscow back in June.

After the Moscow talks, both sides agreed to hold expert talks, the most recent round of which was held in Istanbul on July 24.

Ashton represents the 5+1 group - Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany – in nuclear talks with Iran.

Ashton will meet with the foreign ministers of the 5+1 group on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week “in order to assess the situation and to discuss the way forward,” her office reported after the Tuesday talks.