US negotiators arrive almaty for talks

The United States team of negotiators led by Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan for a new round of talks between Iran and the Group of 5 + 1 countries starting Tuesday. The talks are on Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran’s lead negotiator Saeed Jalili arrived in Almaty Sunday as the head of a team of negotiators to attend a new round of talks with the Group of 5 +1 nations, FARS news agency reported Monday. Iran’s deputy chief negotiator Ali Baqeri and EU foreign policy deputy chief Helga Schmitt in a phone talk on February 5 agreed that the next round of talks between Tehran and the Group 5+1 be held in Kazakhstan, on February 26. The last round of talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 was held in Moscow in June.