Expert delegations from Iran and the Group 5+1 are scheduled to meet in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on Monday to discuss the agenda for the next round of talks between the two sides.

Expert delegations from Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are scheduled to meet in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on Monday to discuss the agenda for the next round of talks between the two sides.

The attending experts are expected to outline topics of the upcoming talks between the chief negotiators of Iran and the G5+1 due to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan in April.

The two sides will likely issue a statement at the end of their two-day talks in Istanbul on Monday.

Iran has called on the US and other western states to use the upcoming talks in Kazakhstan as an opportunity to prove their honesty and build Tehran’s confidence.

The last round of the talks between Tehran and the Group 5+1 ended in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on February 27.

During the talks, Iran and the world powers agreed to hold an experts meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 17-18 and then continue their talks at the level of their top negotiators in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on April 5-6.

Before the Almaty talks, Iran and the G5+1 had held three rounds of negotiations in Geneva, two rounds in Istanbul, one round in Baghdad and one round in Moscow in June.