TEHRAN: Senior officials from Iran and the European Union are scheduled to hold talks in the Iranian capital of Tehran and the central city of Isfahan to discuss bilateral ties and matters of mutual interest. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and the secretary general of European External Action Service (EEAS), Helga Schmid, will chair the third round of Iran-EU talks on Monday. Araqchi and Schmid plan to discuss various issues of mutual interest in the sectors of trade, economic and cultural cooperation, energy, environment, transportation, human rights, higher education, research and technology as well as the latest developments in the region. The sides have held two rounds of discussions in Tehran and Brussels over the past two years. Araqchi, Schmid and the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, are also set to hold a seminar at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center (INTC) on prospects and progress of nuclear cooperation.
Published in Daily Times, November 19th 2017.