European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will host a meeting of senior officials from six major powers in Brussels next Tuesday, July 18 to discuss how to move forward nuclear negotiations with Iran following the election of a new president, Reuters reported.

Senior officials from the six powers - the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - will discuss "how to move forward in the Iran nuclear file. We are keen to make concrete progress in the talks (with Iran)," Ashton's spokesman, Michael Mann, said.