GENEVA, October 15 (Itar-Tass) - Representatives of the Russian and Iranian delegations have met on the sidelines of the talks of Iran and the sextet of international mediators (five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany), a source from the Iranian delegation close to the negotiations told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

“I can confirm that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met in the morning with his Russian counterpart Sergei Ryabkov,” the source said.

Ryabkov leads the Russian delegation to the talks of the sextet and Iran over the Iranian nuclear dossier.