UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Senior officials from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet in New York on Monday to discuss the Iran issue.

    According to a UN diplomat, who asked to remain anonymous, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, and senior foreign affairs officials from China, Britain, France and Germany, will attend the meeting. Enditem