Iraqi president backs US-Iran talks on Iraq
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Baghdad, March 19, IRNA
Iran-Iraq-US
President Jalal Talabani supports a call by Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Abd al-Aziz Hakim for Iran and the United States to hold talks on Iraq.
The Iraqi president said the issue of talks was raised during a visit he made to Tehran a few months ago, a statement from his office said, summarizing talks he held on Saturday with British Defense Secretary John Reid.
"We received primary approval from Iran when I visited a few months ago," the statement quoted Talabani as saying.
"We confirmed at that time the necessity of opening such a dialogue and the Iranian side accepted on two conditions. The first was the talks would be secret and the second was that all disputes between Iran and the United States would be discussed."
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