EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) stands next to Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili before a meeting on nuclear issues at the Town Hall in Geneva July 19, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Jalili said Iran's package and the six powers' package has many common grounds, and the parties at the meeting had agreed to hold further talks on those common grounds.

This is the first time that senior diplomats from all the six world powers join Solana in direct talks with the Iranians on the nuclear issues.

"It showed a shared commitment and sincerity from the participants to solve the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic negotiations," said Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, who represented China at the meeting.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (L) and Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili pose for a photo before their talks in Geneva, Swiss, July 19, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2008)