Washington, Rabi'I 24, 1434, Feb 5, 2013, SPA - The White House Monday welcomed Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi's affirmation that he will participate in the P5-plus-1's next round of talks on Iran's nuclear program. "The P5-plus-1 (U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) has proposed concrete dates and a venue ever since early December," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters traveling with President Barack Obama to Minnesota. "After these initial proposals were not agreed to by Iran, the P5-plus-1's latest proposal is the week of February 25 in Kazakhstan. It is certainly good to hear that Foreign Minister Salehi finally confirmed this date and location. We hope the negotiating team from Iran will also confirm their participation." "It is time for Iran to come back to the negotiating table as soon as possible so that we can start dealing with substance again, and make concrete progress regarding the international community's concerns and the nature of the Iranian nuclear program," Carney said. 11:19 LOCAL TIME 08:19 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1075357