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Jalal Talabani urges Iran to attend Iraq
meeting
17.4.2007
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April 17, 2007
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani in a meeting with
Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi on
Monday said given that Iran is a significant
regional country, it should take part in the
upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh meeting in Egypt.
He expressed his country's understanding of Iran's
stance on its kidnapped diplomats, adding that Iraqi
officials will do their best to release them soon.
Talabani called on Iran to attend the upcoming
event, given that its participation is quite vital
to Iraq. Concerning the venue of the meeting, he
said, "We attempted to hold the session in Baghdad.
"However, security problems made us change our plans
and out of the several cities which were proposed to
host the next foreign ministers meeting of Iraq's
neighboring states, we selected Egypt's Sharm
al-Sheikh." The Iraqi president said that Iraq's
Deputy Prime Minister Berham Saleh is getting ready
to visit Iran soon. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd |
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Meanwhile, assessing the relations between Iraq's
Kurdistan and Iran as favorable, he said that their
exchange of views have been very effective in
solving many regional problems.
For his part, Kazemi Qomi referred to Iran-Iraq
favorable ties and called for expansion of such
relations and further attempts of Iraqi officials
toward releasing the Iranian diplomats detained in
Iraq.
He also declared Iran's readiness for solving the
problems facing Iraq, particularly its
reconstruction.
"By relying on its potentials and experience gained
through the past years, Iran can take significant
measures in settling the difficulties encountered in
Iraq," he concluded.
Meantime, Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi
said today that his government will try to secure
release of all the Iranian diplomats kidnapped by
the US before Sharm el-Sheikh Conference.
"We try and hope that the Iranian diplomats will be
released before the Sharm el-Sheikh Conference,"
Abdel Mahdi assured Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad
Hassan Kazemi-Qomi here on Monday.
He said his government is in official contact with
the US ambassador and certain US officials in Iraq
in connection with the diplomats and will spare no
efforts in that regard.
"We are in vigorous talks (with the US) for the
release of Iranian diplomats and hope that the
efforts would be helpful as soon as possible.
Official contacts have been held with the US
ambassador and with some US officials in Iraq and we
will spare no efforts to secure release of the
individuals," said Abdel Mahdi.
The Iranian ambassador said for his part that Iran
is ready for all-out cooperation with Iraq, calling
for speedy implementation of the mutually reached
agreements.
US Department Of State Spokesman Sean McCormack said
today that he did not know if Iran will be
participating in the regional conference on Iraq.
It is not clear if Iran's position has a relation to
the release of Iranian diplomats held by the US.
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