3 Feb 2013 21:28

Corrected - Sextet on Iran to convene in Kazakhstan in late February - EU spokesman

(To correct "U.S." to "EU" in headline of news item issued February 3 at 16:53 Moscow time)

BRUSSELS. Feb 3 (Interfax) - The Sextet on Iran is likely to meet with Iranian negotiators for full-sale talks in Kazakhstan, somewhere around February 25, said Michael Mann, spokesman for the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Dates and venues for the talks were first proposed in early December, and the most recent offer was Kazakhstan and the week starting on February 25 after the other proposals did not work, Mann told Interfax in Brussels on Sunday.

The final confirmation of this by the Iranian foreign minister was very welcome, Mann said, adding that the delegation will hopefully be confirmed, too.