Ashton: Next round of Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna February 18

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said Friday the next round of negotiations between the P5+1 group and Iran would be held in Austria next month. Ashton agreed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) to hold the next round in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on February 18, her spokesman told reporters. The P5+1 group - the five UN Security Council's permanent members plus Germany - reached an interim agreement in Geneva last November over Iran's nuclear program, according to which Tehran would be addressing the concern of the Western countries over the program in return of easing of sanctions against the Islamic Republic.