Straw welcomes Iraq peace deal
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LUXEMBOURG - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw yesterday welcomed a disarmament deal with radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, calling it a model for how violence-scarred Iraq could be stabilised before January elections.
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Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pledged full support for the Palestinian election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat after paying homage to the veteran leader at his graveside.
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Iraq's government welcomes a positive report on the US troop surge by its top commander in the country.
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The Iraqi president welcomes Tony Blair's plans to cut UK troops in Iraq from 7,100 to 5,000 within months.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold  nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated  the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell praised the peace deal that ended fighting in Iraq&#39;s holy city, Najaf, and said Friday that the presence of US forces in the area helped make it possible.
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Visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Wednesday that Britain will facilitate the implementation of the roadmap peace plan since it has been already agreed on.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, met Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who pledged to do his utmost to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Britain today welcomed the announcement that nationwide elections would be held in Iraq on January 30, despite the continuing violence in many parts of the country.
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Description: Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is reportedly successful in reaching a peace to end three weeks of violence between allied US and Iraqi government troops and militiamen loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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British newspapers cautiously welcomed a ceasefire pledge by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as possibly reviving the moribund peace process.
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London, Nov 16, IRNA -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Monday that the agreement reached between Iran and EU on nuclear and technological cooperation was a milestone in relations between Iran and Europe.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on a surprise visit to Iraq, says violence must not upset plans to hold nationwide elections. &quot;I believe they can and should take place by
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Jack Straw pledged Britain&#39;s support today for the smooth running of elections to replace Yassir Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.
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Children collect usable metal parts from the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, October 4. AP. BAGHDAD  - Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday amid
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Britain backs bids by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will join other foreign ministers from the leading industrialised nations and the Arab world today, gathering to discuss Iraq.