UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is travelling to Geneva for a meeting with his French and German counterparts, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the BBC reports.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is also expected to attend.
If they go ahead, the talks will be the first between Iranian and Western leaders since Israel began its strikes a week ago, and are expected to focus on bringing Iran to the negotiating table.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the talks were “aimed at obtaining from Iran a lasting rollback of its nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.”
In a statement on X, Lammy said: “Now is the time to put a stop to the grave scenes in the Middle East and prevent a regional escalation that would benefit no one.”
During Lammy’s meeting with Rubio, the two agreed that “Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.”
It comes after the White House says Donald Trump will decide in the next two weeks whether the US will join Israeli strikes on Iran.
Trump has delayed making a decision as he thinks there’s a “substantial chance” of talks, according to his press secretary.
Meanwhile, Israel and Iran entered their seventh consecutive day of exchanging fire
