ALMATY. Feb 25 (Interfax) - Parties to the P5+1 negotiations with Iran are arriving in Almaty on Monday.
The negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program will start on February 26.
Iran is sending the same delegation led by National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili that attended the June meeting in Moscow.
The EU Delegation to Kazakhstan confirmed to Interfax the participation of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. The time of her arrival in Almaty is not disclosed in order to prevent unscheduled contacts with the media.
Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, French Foreign Ministry Director-General for Political and Security Affairs Jacques Audibert, British Foreign Office Political Director Simon Gass and German Foreign Ministry Envoy Hans-Dieter Lucas will lead the national delegations.
The Russian delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
The negotiations will take place at the Rixos Hotel. Security has been tightened, and police patrols, security service officers and police dog handlers are guarding the premises.
A press center opened at the Intercontinental Hotel. The issue of accreditation cards will start soon.
The Almaty police department told Interfax the police had been put on the alert.
The latest round of negotiations between P5+1 (five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the Iranian delegation was held in Moscow on June 18-19.
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