EU's foreign policy chief to meet new Iranian counterpart 'soon' amid need for nuclear talks

Published January 13, 2015

The European Union's foreign policy chief says she will "soon" meet the new Iranian foreign minister amid the need for swift and substantial talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

Catherine Ashton's office said the 28-nation bloc's top diplomat called Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday to congratulate him on his appointment.

Ashton says she and the nations negotiating with Iran on the nuclear issue — the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany — are looking forward to engage with Tehran's new negotiating team as soon as it is appointed to find a diplomatic solution.

The West fears that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at making atomic weapons, and has imposed a series of sanctions. Iran insists it atomic program is for peaceful purposes only.

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