Geneva, Nov 7 (IANS): Delegates from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany Thursday started another round of nuclear talks with Iran.
The P5 1 group -- which includes Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany -- was represented by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the Iranian delegation by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, reports Xinhua.
The world powers are expected to seek a "first step" deal with Iran on solving the nuclear problem in the two-day talks, though both sides say an agreement is far from certain.
In the previous round of talks, held Oct 15-16, Iran proposed a plan as a basis for negotiation, but details of the proposal were not revealed.