US-Iran Initiative to Ease Iraq Violence?
Iran will attend a conference of key powers, including the United States, this week that will focus on stabilizing
Iraq, a meeting Baghdad said might be a turning point for regional cooperation in easing the violence, reports Reuters.
“Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday there was a ‘high possibility’ arch foes Tehran and Washington would hold bilateral talks at the May 3-4 conference in Egypt, although not necessarily at the ministerial level.
“U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who will attend the conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, said she would not rule out the possibility of meeting directly with Iran’s foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki.”
An AFP reports states: “Iran’s top national security official Ali Larijani met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday, at the start of a previously unannounced three-day visit.” Click here for more…
It’s never too late to correct one’s course and get into a dialogue mode with others to find a possible solution to an intractable problem.
