P5+1 preparatory meeting will precede Geneva talks with Iran

GENEVA. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Representatives of the P5+1 (the UN Security Council's five permanent member plus Germany) will hold a preparatory meeting just before the next full-fledged round of their negotiations with Iranian officials, Michael Mann, spokesman for EU Foreign Policy Chief Baroness Catherine Ashton, told Interfax.

At 9:30 a.m. today, a preparatory meeting of E3+3 (P5+1) representatives will begin ahead of the negotiations, due to start at 11:00 a.m., he said.