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"It may be an icebreaker." That is the way diplomats in Washington are describing the weekend regional talks in Baghdad that brought U.S. and Iranian diplomats face to face for a hand-shake.
Though there have been no formal diplomatic relations between the two countries for years, messages have been quietly sent through backdoor channels for some time. Some have had marginally positive results; some have been rebuffed. But the weekend session in Baghdad was the first time in years that U.S. and Iranian diplomats have met openly and officially, albeit within the framework of a regional gathering.See the full content of this document
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U.S., Iran Might Be Ready for Diplomacy
The hope now is that the Baghdad meeting of some 16 nations to discuss stabilizing Iraq will be succeeded in the next month by a meeting of these nations at the foreign-minister level. That could find U.S. Secretary o...
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