The European Union and Iran will hold nuclear talks on December 21 but expectations that Tehran will abandon sensitive nuclear activities are "very low," Western diplomats told AFP Saturday.
Diplomats said the two sides would be meeting alone, and not with Russian experts as originally planned. The meeting will probably be held in Vienna, although this could change.
"December 21 is confirmed. It will probably be in Vienna but the venue is not totally locked up," said a Western diplomat, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
This information was confirmed by a second diplomat, who asked only to be identified as a European envoy.