Moscow, March 14 -- Deputy foreign ministers of Russia, China and Iran will meet in Beijing on Friday to discuss the Iranian nuclear program.
The meeting will be chaired by Chinese Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi will attend.
The senior diplomats will also discuss cooperation within the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as well as other issues of mutual interest.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry hopes that the talks will strengthen coordination between the three countries and pave the way for an early restart of negotiations on lifting economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for its commitment to scale back nuclear res...