Iran's Deputy Chief Negotiator Ali Baqeri traveled to Ankara to hold meetings with high-ranking Turkish officials after talks with Deputy of EU foreign policy Chief Helga Schmidt in Istanbul.

Baqeri held a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara on Wednesday.

He arrived in Ankara on Wednesday and was welcomed by Iranian diplomats in the Turkish capital.

Baqeri announced that his Tuesday talks with Schmid have paved the way for holding a meeting between Iranian top negotiator Saeed Jalili and representative of the world powers Catherine Ashton.

"It was agreed at the end of the Moscow negotiations that a round of talks between the two sides' technicians would be held, which was held in Istanbul on July 3, and was a good, positive meeting, as both sides confirmed," Baqeri said.

"After that and relying on the achievements of the technicians' talks, the deputies' talks were held yesterday, paving the path for the upcoming Jalili-Ashton negotiations," he said on Wednesday.

"During my Tuesday talks with Ms. Schmidt we managed to pursue within good frameworks, and we reached agreements on continuing this process in future higher level negotiations," Baqeri said.

Iran and the Group 5+1 have held several rounds of talks this year, including two days of negotiations in Baghdad in May and a one-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, in April.

Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, Britain, France, China and Germany) held their latest round of crucial talks in Moscow last month.

In Moscow Tehran's envoys presented undeniable proofs and evidence of Iran's entitlement to the right of nuclear enrichment.
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