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Iran, US to begin direct talks on Iraq in a week
 TEHERAN - Teheran and Washington will open direct talks over Iraq by early next week in Baghdad, the students news agency ISNA quoted an informed source in Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) as saying on Tuesday. The Iranian delegation will be headed by one of the deputies of the SNSC secretary and some foreign ministrys diplomats will be among delegate members, ISNA quoted the source as saying.The United States and Iran expressed willingness last month to hold talks about Iraq. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki termed the scheduled talks an opportunity for Iran, and a challenge for the US. But Washington cautioned that it has no intention to open a full-fledged dialogue. For the first time in 27 years, Iran last month put direct talks with its political arch-enemy on the official agenda of the SNSC, which is the highest decision-making body in Iran. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the SNSC, said Iran always wanted a stable Iraq and was willing to meet with the US to help achieve that goal. Posted by: Steve White 2006-04-05 |
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