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Russian foreign minister calls for int`l conference on Iraq

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Beirut, Sept 5, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- An international conference on
Iraq is `the optimum way of settling the Iraqi problem`, Russian 
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after Sunday negotiations with his
Lebanese counterpart Jean Obeid. 
He said, "While discussing Iraq, Russia and Lebanon agreed that 
consensus of all parties, neighbors, the LAS and the UN Security 
Council is necessary against the background of remaining tension. 
"Russia stands for comprehensive settlement on all tracks in the 
Middle East on the basis of the roadmap and UN Security Council 
resolutions," Lavrov said. 
He singled out the Palestinian-Israeli track and noted that 
Lebanese-Israeli and Syrian-Israeli tracks of the Mideast settlement 
were also important. "It is necessary to ensure sovereignty and 
sovereign rights of all parties," Lavrov said. 
Being an active participant in the international mediating 
quartet, Russia `will carry on this policy`, he added. 
Lavrov said that positions of Moscow and Beirut were identical on 
all regional problems they had discussed. 
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