Iranian Foreign Minister said a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program will "most probably" take place in Istanbul

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program will "most probably" take place in Istanbul, Turkey’s Anatolia news agency reported.

"I am not sure, but most probably it will be in Istanbul," said Salehi during a visit to Turkey. The date will be set in "the near future," Salehi was quoted as saying.

In Ankara, Salehi said his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, was in contact with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton.

The negotiations between the Islamic republic and six world powers - Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany - were last held in Istanbul in January 2011.

Salehi was due to meet Wednesday with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, an embassy spokesperson said, adding that political and economic issues would figure high on the agenda, without elaborating. The Iranian minister would also attend a joint economic committee meeting Wednesday and the next day will meet with Davutoglu over lunch, said the spokesman.