Original PNAC signatory hints at willingness to talk bilaterally with Iran

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US hints at willingness to talk bilaterally with Iran
(AFP)

10 March 2007

WASHINGTON - The United States says it could be willing to hold groundbreaking bilateral talks with Iran, as it calls on Teheran and Damascus to help Iraq hours ahead of a regional security conference in Baghdad.

Outgoing US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday suggested the United States could be willing to hold bilateral talks with longtime foe Teheran.

Ahead of regional security talks in Baghdad, the US diplomat said that “if we judge that a bilateral meeting (with Iran) would be useful, and we will be prepared to do so ... we would be willing to do that.

“We have said for some time that if it is useful, we will be willing to sit down with the Iranians, and talk about Iraq,” Khalilzad added.