By Xinhua
Tehran : Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana will hold a meeting in Portugal Saturday for a new round of talks over Tehran's nuclear programme, Iranian state television reported.
The meeting in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon is arranged in line with the invitation from Portuguese officials, the television said on its website, quoting a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
The new round of talks between Larijani and Solana would be a follow-up to the discussions held in Madrid last month between the two sides, the statement said.
Larijani met with Solana in Madrid, but their latest talks failed to break the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear programme.
On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution, the second punitive one, with tougher sanctions to pressure Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities.
However, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report in May said Iran continued to resist the UN Security Council ban on enrichment and instead was expanding its activities.