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May 28, 2007

US, Iran Officials Meet in Baghdad on Iraq's Security
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=17A2DB9:A6F02AD83191E16011E1C56C7D3DC4EF9574F7DCC14957C0 US ambassador to
Iraq Ryan Crocker says Monday's meeting in Baghdad, the first
high-level talks between the US and Iran in nearly three decades,
lasted several hours





US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq says talks with his Iranian counterpart
were business-like and that both parties agreed they want a stable
Iraq.

Ryan Crocker says Monday's meeting in Baghdad, the first high-level
talks between the U.S. and Iran in nearly three decades, lasted
several hours.

Crocker says he told Iran's Hassan Kazemi that Iran must stop
supporting militants in Iraq who are fighting Iraqi and U.S. forces.

Authorities in Tehran have denied they are responsible for attacks by
insurgents in Iraq.

The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran after young
activists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and took
hostages. 

The White House had said the talks in Baghdad would not touch on the
international standoff with Iran over its nuclear development program,
or Iran's detention of U.S. citizens.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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