Iran expects to hold nuclear talks on April 13
Iran expects to reopen talks with world powers that could defuse mounting tensions over its disputed nuclear programme on April 13, Iranian media quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Wednesday.
Turkey has offered to host the talks and the location will be decided in the next few days, Salehi said, after greeting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on his arrival in Tehran, the Reuters reported.
A Brussels-based diplomat also said April 13 was the likely date.
"The venue will be announced in coming days," IRNA quoted Salehi as saying.
Salehi added that Iran considered Istanbul -- the location of the previous round of talks, which collapsed in January 2011 -- the "best place" but that options were still being discussed, timesofindia.indiatimes.com reports.
As the Voice of America reports a spokesman for European Union policy chief Catherine Ashton says there is no agreement on a time or place for new negotiations.
Iran wants to meet with the group of six world powers next month in the Turkish city Istanbul, where the previous round of talks broke down in January 2011.