U.S. will not rebuff Iran, Syria on talks about Iraq
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The United States on Thursday sent its clearest signal yet it is open to bilateral talks with Iran and Syria by saying it will not rebuff them if they wish to discuss stabilizing Iraq at a regional meeting this weekend.
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The United States and Europe must talk to  Syria and Iran if they want a comprehensive solution to Iraq  and other Middle East conflicts, Syrian President Bashar  al-Assad said in an interview published on Friday.
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The United States would deal with  Iran as part of a group of Iraq's neighbors that will meet in  Egypt this month, although Washington has no diplomatic  relations with Tehran, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday.
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TEHRAN -- Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. The White House, however, rejected the idea. Germany, Britain, and France launched new negotiations with Iran on Monday to try to persuade Tehran to abandon any nuclear program that ...
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In a shift, the US plans to talk to Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, about the region. What do key players hope to get?
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The US is attending Baghdad talks, along with Iran and Syria, to try to win regional support to stabilise Iraq.
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Iran's support for anti-U.S. extremists in Iraq should not go unchallenged, despite U.S. hopes of avoiding confrontation with Tehran, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.
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The United States, Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up a security subcommittee to carry forward talks on restoring stability in Iraq, the U.S. envoy said Tuesday at the end of a second round of groundbreaking talks with his Iranian counterpart.
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President Bashar Assad rejected claims that Syria's alliance with Iran had been weakened by Damascus' participation in last month's U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference, insisting Thursday that ties between the two countries will never be shaken.
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US President George W. Bush on Wednesday urged Iran and Syria not to meddle in internal affairs of Iraq. &quot;We will continue to make it clear, to both Syria and Iran that... meddling in the internal affairs
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A democratic Iraq can still emerge from sectarian violence, but the United States does not plan to open talks with Syria and Iran on stabilizing the country, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.
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Talks with Syria suggests the U.S. may want out in the not-too-distant future
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Iran wants to renew high-level talks with U.S. officials on security in Iraq, insisting that discussions take place between ambassadors and not lower-level functionaries, Iraqi officials said Monday.
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Iranian and U.S. representatives may meet on the sidelines of next weekend's regional conference on Iraq -- but it is unlikely that Iran's nuclear program will be among the topics.
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Syria yesterday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Iraq.
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The United States is determined to stop Iran getting atomic weapons, and has signalled Washington will not rule out an attack if peaceful diplomacy failed to achieve this.
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The United States and their adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.