GENEVA -- The United States and Iran still plan to meet on Friday in the Buergenstock mountain resort in Switzerland for initial negotiations on the implementation of their agreement, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

A further round of negotiations between the United States and Iran is set to begin in Switzerland immediately after an initial accord is signed on Friday.

An interim US-Iran accord aimed at ending the war in the Middle East could be signed on Friday at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in central Switzerland