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There are no new proposals from Iran yet, regarding country's nuclear program, Michael Mann, the spokesman for the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said, RIA Novosti reported.

"So far there are only proposals from the P5+1 group," Mann underscored. "Iranians say a lot, however they have not made any proposals."

The EU official also said that the upcoming presidential elections in Iran, as well as political situation inside Iran should not affect the Iran-Six powers nuclear negotiations.

Another round of nuclear negotiations kicked off earlier this morning in Kazakhstan's Almaty.

Iran's negotiating team arrived in Kazakhstan's Almaty for the upcoming nuclear talks with the P5+1 group on Thursday.

The delegation includes Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Saeed Jalili and his deputy Ali Bagheri, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister's advisor Hamid Reza Asgari, and Iran's former ambassador in UK Rasul Movahedian.

The Russian delegation at the talks is led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the US is presented by Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, UK - Director of Political Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Simon Gass, Germany - Political Director at the German Federal Foreign Office Hans-Dieter Lucas, China - Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, France - National Security Advisor Jacques Audibert, and the EU by High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

The previous round of talks was held in the same city from Feb 26-27. A technical round of negotiation was also held between experts of the two sides in Istanbul on March 18.

According to Reuters, some Western officials have been suggesting there could be a chance of diplomatic progress in the long standoff over Iran's nuclear activities.

The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon - something that Iran denies.

Iran has on numerous occasions stated that it does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for medical researches instead.