A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says bilateral talks between representatives from Tehran and Moscow in the Italian capital, Rome, was “fruitful”.

According to Press TV, Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, who is Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, made the comments on Wednesday after Iran’s nuclear negotiating team and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met in Rome.

Araqchi said that during the talks, both sides discussed the issues raised in the previous rounds of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group - US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.

The top Iranian nuclear negotiator said that Tehran and Moscow hold consultations on a regular basis over Iran’s nuclear energy program.

After three days of intense and bilateral talks with US and French delegations, the Iranian nuclear negotiating team left the Swiss city of Geneva for Rome on Wednesday to take part in a disarmament conference.

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