Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA , Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, said on Monday the next round of Iran-US talks on Iraq would be held “at ambassador level at the most.”
Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference, Hosseini said, “We announced our views to the Iraqi side. Iran agrees with the principle of holding talks and the Iran-US talks would not be held higher than ambassadorial level.”
Hosseini stressed that the date of the talks “would be fixed during consultations.”
Iran and US have so far held three rounds of talks about Iraq’s security situation.
The talks were respectively held on May 28, July 24 and August 6 with the participation of Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi, his US counterpart Ryan Crocker and representatives of the Iraqi government.