(CNN) -- Iran's foreign minister said nuclear talks with world powers could take place in mid-November, Iranian news agencies said Saturday.
Manouchehr Mottaki, in Brussels, Belgium for a meeting, said November 15 has been suggested for Iran's meeting with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia -- and Germany. Collectively, the group is known as the P5 plus one.
"Both sides are now working on confirming it and agreeing on the location for the talks," Mottaki said, according to the semi-official Mehr News Agency.
Meanwhile, Iran delayed the start-up of its Bushehr nuclear plant because of technical problems, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.
Mohammad Ahmadian, deputy director of the Atomic Energy Organization, said a leak in a pool in the middle of the reactor has been repaired but the plant will not be functional for another month, IRNA reported.
The Bushehr plant was opened on August 21 when engineers loaded 163 fuel rods into the reactor under the supervision of the IAEA. It is expected to produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity once all the fuel rods are loaded into the core of the reactor.
The United States and other world powers fear Iran is developing a nuclear program for military purposes. Iran denies those allegations.
Nuclear talks between Iran and the six powers have been stalled since October 1, 2009, when the two groups met in Geneva.
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