The meeting comes one day after U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington and its allies could soon have a package of measures against Iran for its failure to accept a UN-brokered deal to send enriched uranium abroad for processing into fuel.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said Tehran was willing to discuss the reactor fuel deal, but only if the fuel is exchanged within Iran.
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said Iran would respond positively to a change in big powers' policy.
The so-called P5+1 includes the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States -- in addition to Germany.
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