TEHRAN -- A planned meeting between Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary General Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana was postponed until July 11, SNSC Deputy Secretary for International Affairs Javad Vaeedi said on Wednesday.

“Following a telephone conversation between Larijani and Solana, they agreed to hold talks on the package of nuclear proposals on Tuesday, July 11,” Vaeedi told the Mehr News Agency.

The meeting was expected to take place on Wednesday to discuss a package of nuclear proposals drawn up by Britain, France and Germany and endorsed by the United States, Russia, and China. The package is intended to end the row over Iran’s nuclear issue.

Solana says Larijani to meet him on Thursday

Solana said on Wednesday that Larijani, who was expected in Brussels Wednesday, would meet him on Thursday, IRNA reported.

"I have just spoken to Dr. Larijani on the phone and we agreed to meet each other tomorrow (Thursday) in Brussels and to continue our discussions on Tuesday, July 11," Solana said in a statement quoted by AFP.

Technical reasons postpone Larijani-Solana talks: Majlis speaker

Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel here on Wednesday said that the meeting between Larijani and the EU foreign policy chief had been postponed due to technical reasons.

He made the remark at a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Mahmoud al-Mashadani who wound up his visit to Tehran on Wednesday.

Haddad-Adel said that lack of interest of the two negotiators is not the cause of the delay in talks, adding that rather some technical reasons postponed the trip for one day.

"Political issues had no role in the delay. In a phone conversation on Wednesday, Larijani and Solana underlined the need to continue talks on Iran's nuclear issue," he added.