DHAKA: International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano will hold talks with senior Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday with the aim of ‘strengthening dialogue and cooperation’, the agency said.

It was announced in Vienna as Iran and six world powers, in broader diplomatic negotiations in Geneva, sought to clinch an initial confidence-building agreement meant to end a decade-old standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme, Tehran Times prints this report on Sunday.

While the two diplomatic tracks are separate, both focus on resolving the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

An envoy in Vienna, where the IAEA is based, earlier this week told media that he believed Amano would go to Tehran for a possible agreement with Iran on some ‘first steps’ towards greater transparency in its programme, including the provision of design information about nuclear facilities.

BDST: 1600 HRS, NOV 10, 2013
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