Meeting: Michael Moore and Alex Salmond will hold talks at the Scottish Parliament.
Alex Salmond will hold talks on the independence referendum with the Scottish Secretary next Friday.
The discussions, which will take place in Edinburgh, come after the Scottish First Minister wrote to Michael Moore about a meeting.
The Scotland Office confirmed the two men will meet in the Scottish Parliament on January 27.
The discussions will take place two days after the Scottish Government launches its consultation document setting out its referendum plans.
Holyrood ministers have already revealed they want a vote on the country's constitutional future to take place in the autumn of 2014.
A spokesman for Mr Salmond said: "The First Minister wrote to the Secretary of State on Monday suggesting a meeting next week after the Scottish Government have published our consultation document on the referendum next Wednesday, and we are delighted that it will take place on the Friday."
The talks could pave the way for discussions between Mr Salmond and the Prime Minister on the referendum.
The First Minister has already written to David Cameron to suggest they meet in Scotland as soon as possible after his talks with Mr Moore.
Mr Salmond's spokesman said: "The First Minister also wrote to the Prime Minister on Tuesday, welcoming his willingness to meet, and suggesting that this takes place as soon as possible after Mr Salmond has met Mr Moore."
Next Friday's discussions will come after almost two weeks of debate between London and Edinburgh on the staging of the ballot.
Mr Cameron had sparked the heated cross-border exchanges by calling for an early vote to settle the constitutional question.
As well as disagreement on the timing, there is a clash on the referendum question, with Westminster preferring a straightforward Yes or No to independence while the Scottish Government is open to including an additional option of further devolution, known as "devo max".
While the SNP administration insists it can hold a referendum on independence for Scotland, the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition at Westminster argues that Holyrood has no power to stage such a vote.
The UK Government has also launched its own consultation on proposals it has put forward to temporarily extend Holyrood's powers to enable it to hold a ballot. However this has been rejected by Mr Salmond's Government because of the "strings" attached.
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