20110123 IRIB NEWS The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected a request to hold a bilateral meeting with America during ongoing talks in Istanbul with G5+1 over its nuclear program, an Iranian official said on Saturday.
Abolfazl Zohrevand, an aide to Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili, said the request had been made by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who has led talks for G5+1 – America, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
"But there is no need to hold such talks if it is not about the nuclear meeting in Istanbul," Zohrevand told Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam television news channel.
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