BRUSSELS, July 23 (KUNA) -- A meeting of the Deputy Secretary General of the EU foreign service, called the European External Action Service, Helga Schmid and Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Bagheri will take place in Istanbul on Tuesday, an EU official said on Monday.
The meeting is being held in accordance with the agreement reached in Moscow on June 19, and follows the meeting of experts of the P5+1 and Iran in Istanbul on July 3, Michael Mann, spokesman of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement.
In line with the Moscow agreement, this meeting will be followed by a contact between EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian nuclear negotiator Dr. Saeed Jalili about the prospects for a future meeting at the political level, added the brief statement. (end) nk.sd KUNA 231731 Jul 12NNNN