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Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister and top nuclear negotiator Sergei Ryabkov noted the need for urgent setting of a date for next round of Iran and Group of 5+1 (UNSC veto vote holders plus Germany) negotiations.

In an interview with Itar-Tass on July 4, Ryabkov said no date has yet been agreed upon for the new round of Iran-G5+1 talks and Russia asks for urgent setting of that date.

He added that as Moscow has several times announced that contacts and negotiations with Iran thru the G5+1 are of great importance.

The Russian top nuclear negotiator reiterated that holding such a meeting is in addition to setting a date for it in need of the readiness of the participating sides for attending it.

"We hope the meeting would be held before the end of the summer of 2013,"Ryabkov said.

Ryabkov went on to say that a diplomatic push had been launched to arrange a new round of talks after Hassan Rowhani was elected president on June 14 but made clear there had been no breakthrough.

The last high-level talks between Iran and the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany were held in the Kazakh city of Almaty in April.