Iran's Jalili says to meet next with EU's Ashton in April

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Agence France-Presse

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks during the talks on Iran's nuclear programme in the Kazakh city of Almaty on February 27, 2013. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SHAMIL ZHUMATOV

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Wednesday he would next hold talks on the Iranian nuclear drive with six world powers represented by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in the Kazakh city of Almaty on April 5-6.

 "It was agreed to convene an expert level meeting in Istanbul on March 18, which would be followed by the 5+1 meeting with Iran on April 5-6 in Almaty," Jalili told reporters, adding that the world powers were being "more realistic" in their approach to the standoff.