Lavrov to Meet With Mogherini, Steinmeier Monday in Lausanne

According to a source in the Russian delegation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold a bilateral meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and is then expected to meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday within the P5+1 negotiations on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne.

LAUSANNE (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold a bilateral meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier and is then expected to meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday within the P5+1 negotiations on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, a source in the Russian delegation told Sputnik.

"Lavrov will meet Steinmeier for a working lunch, afterwards he has a meeting planned with Mogherini," the source told Sputnik.

According to the source, Lavrov will leave Lausanne in the evening. The minister may return Tuesday if the P5+1 group reaches an agreement, the source said.

Earlier on Monday, Lavrov held bilateral meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

All the meetings are held on the sidelines of talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators, comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany.

The goal of the negotiations is to work out a framework agreement by March 31 ahead of an overall agreement expected in June.

The UN Security Council and a number of countries have imposed several rounds of sanctions on Iran, accusing the country of developing nuclear weapons. Tehran has repeatedly rejected those claims, stating that its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful energy purposes only.