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Iran confirms US request for talks on Iraqi security
The United States requested a new round of talks with Iran to discuss Iraqi security, Iran said on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:08 April 7, 2008
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Tehran: The United States requested a new round of talks with Iran to discuss Iraqi security, Iran said on Monday.
This meeting which has been repeatedly delayed will be the fourth between Iranian and US officials, after thirty years of frozen relations.
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a news conference that Iran was considering holding the negotiations,
USA accuses Iran of fuelling unrest in Iraq by funding, training and equipping Iraqi militants, a charge Iran denies.
U.S. and Iraqi officials in Baghdad were not immediately available for comment.
The adviser of a leading Iraqi politician was also quoted last week regarding this US request.
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