Ashton Confident Iran, P5+1 to Meet Soon

European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton expressed confidence that there will soon be a meeting between Iran and the P5+1 group.

“I am confident there will be a meeting soon,” Ashton said on Thursday in Brussels, The Associated Press reported.

Ashton represents the P5+1 group (the United States, France, Russia, Britain, China, and Germany) in the talks.

On Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said no new date or venue has been set for the next round of talks between Iran and the group.

Iran and the P5+1 group have held several rounds of talks with a focus on Iran’s nuclear energy program. The last round of negotiations between Iran and the group was held in Moscow in June 2012.