U.S., Iran Meet to Discuss Iraq Security
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BAGHDAD, May 28 -- U.S. and Iranian diplomats met in formal, bilateral talks for the first time in more than a quarter century on Monday, seeking ways to reduce the level of violence in Iraq and help restore stability to this fractured country, where both have vital interests.
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The US and Iran, in a rare sign of positive engagement, today confirmed they are to hold a second round of discussions on the future of Iraq.
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The US is attending Baghdad talks, along with Iran and Syria, to try to win regional support to stabilise Iraq.
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U.S. and Iranian envoys held rare talks on Tuesday to discuss Iraq's security crisis, with Washington under pressure to stabilize the country before the U.S. Congress receives a crucial report in September.
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Iran will attend the international conference on Iraq that will be held in Baghdad on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday.
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The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq will meet this week to discuss security issues in the war-torn country, a senior Bush administration official said Sunday.
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The United States and Iran broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze Monday with a four-hour meeting about Iraqi security. The American envoy said there was broad policy agreement, but that Iran must stop arming and financing militants who are attacking U.S. and Iraqi forces.
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A crucial meeting brings together the two countries with the most influence in Iraq: the United States and Iran.
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The United States left open the possibility on Wednesday that U.S. diplomats could meet one-on-one with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a conference of Iraq's neighbors in Baghdad this weekend.
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Iraq prepared on Friday for a crucial regional meeting that will be a rare opportunity for officials from Washington and Tehran to sit at the same table at a time of tension over Iran's nuclear plans.
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The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq met in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss the grim security issues in the country.
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Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks on Monday over the issue of Iraqi security, an Iranian newspaper on Sunday quoted an unnamed official as saying.
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U.S. and Iranian envoys on Saturday spoke to each other directly at a regional meeting in Baghdad but their exchanges dealt only with problems in Iraq and not with nuclear diplomacy.
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Iran said Sunday an international conference in Baghdad where it held direct talks with the United States for the first time in four years was a constructive "first step" toward restoring stability to the neighboring country.
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The United States and their adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.
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The meeting is a possible sign that the United States is exploring new options in Iraq.
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Iraq is planning a second meeting with American and Iranian officials on improving security in the war-torn nation as a follow up to talks last month that broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze, Iraq's foreign minister said Thursday.