Friday, October 6 2006 12:27 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

London: Foreign ministers from the six major powers seeking to defuse the Iran nuclear crisis will hold talks today(Oct 6,2006) in London, a spokesman for the British Foreign Office told sources yesterday(Oct 5,2006).

The spokesman said that all six countries Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States would send their foreign ministers. Their had been doubts earlier over whether China and Russia would be sending theirs.

"As far as I'm aware, all six have confirmed," the spokesman said.

The United Nations Security Council is likely next week to begin discussing diplomatic or economic sanctions against Iran, following failed efforts to convince Tehran to freeze the development of nuclear fuel.