Senior Iranian and German diplomats in a meeting in Tehran on Sunday stressed the necessity for the negotiating sides in the upcoming multilateral talks in Vienna to start drafting a final nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 Group.

Following two hours of bilateral talks between senior Iranian and German negotiating teams in Tehran on Sunday afternoon, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi told Fars News Agency that the two sides exchanged views over the topics which are due to be covered in the multilateral nuclear negotiations between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Vienna on Monday.

"These (bilateral) talks which were carried out on the verge of the next round of negotiations in Vienna were of special importance," Araqchi said, adding, "During the talks, the two sides laid emphasis on the need to start drafting the text of the final deal in the (Monday) negotiations."

Araqchi, who is also Iran's deputy lead negotiator, said the "consultations with Germany will continue in Vienna".

A team of high-ranking German negotiators arrived in Tehran on Friday to discuss bilateral ties and the latest developments in the Vienna nuclear talks in meetings with senior Iranian officials. The delegation is led by Germany's envoy to the multilateral Iran-world powers nuclear talks Hans Dieter Lucas.

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