Russian official: Iran, P5+1 FMS may hold talks in New York

Russian Foreign Ministry’s Director of the Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov said the foreign ministers of Iran and the six world powers are likely to hold a meeting in New York soon.

There is a strong possibility that the foreign ministers of Iran and the P5+1 – Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany – will meet on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Kabulov said on Wednesday, Tasnim News Agency reported.

He said arrangements for the meeting will be discussed in talks in New York between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

The likely ministerial meeting of Iran and the P5+1 group would focus on the implementation process of the nuclear agreement reached between the sides back in July 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), according to Russian media reports.

While the JCPOA came into force in January, 2016, Iranian officials complain about the US failure to fully implement the accord.