An agreement was finalized between the P5+1 and Iran on ways to implement the first-step Geneva agreement on Tehran's nuclear program, according to a statement from European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton which was received by Xinhua here on Monday.

Ashton, who has presented the P5+1 group during the previous rounds of Iran nuclear talks, said in the statement that initial measures to implement the interim Geneva deal inked in November were finalized after the latest two-day meeting which was concluded on Jan. 10, with the presence of EEAS Deputy Secretary General Helga Schmid on behalf of Ashton, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

The technical and concrete measures were hammered out after three rounds of expert-level meetings between the P5+1 group, namely the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany, and Iran, partly with the involvement of the International Atomic Energy Agency.