Written question asked by Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) on Friday, 1 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 December 2006. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2006 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Iran: Nuclear Power

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions she has met her P5 +Germany counterparts to discuss Iran's nuclear programme since 31 August 2006.

Answer: The Foreign Ministers of the ‘E3+3’ (France, Germany, UK + China, Russia, US) have met twice since August to discuss Iran, on 19 September in New York and on 6 October in London. I have also discussed Iran in bilateral meetings, including when I saw my Russian and US counterparts at the ‘Forum for the Future’ conference in Amman on 1 December.E3+3 senior officials have met many times to discuss a new draft Security Council Resolution on Iran, most recently on 5 December in Paris.

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