Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Lukashevich said that one of the important achievements of the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 in Moscow was an agreement to continue the talks on an expert level in Istanbul on July 3 and added that it was “essential” for the negotiations to continue without pause or delay.
He said that the unprecedented high frequency of the talks was itself "a significant achievement” adding, there was a large amount of material that needed further discussions.
Russia will “continue to exert all possible efforts to facilitate finding mutually acceptable solutions”, Lukashevich said.
Iran and the P5+1 group - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany - wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow on Tuesday.
At the heart of the Moscow negotiations was Iran’s nuclear energy program, with Tehran reiterating its inalienable right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
The Iranian negotiating delegation in the Moscow talks was led by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili, and the P5+1 group of countries was headed by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
The two sides have agreed to continue the talks on a follow-on technical level in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 3.
The Moscow meeting came after the sides had held another two days of negotiations in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in May.
Tehran and the P5+1 had also held three rounds of talks, one in Geneva in December 2010, and two in Istanbul in January 2011 and in April 2012.
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