US rules nuclear issue out of Iran-Iraq talks
The United States will not discuss Iran’s nuclear ambitions in future talks with the Islamic Republic about the conflict in Iraq, a senior US diplomat said. Washington has authorised its ambassador in Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, to reach out for Iranian help to stabilise the embattled country and Tehran has since said it would be willing to discuss the problem. “The discussions that we are prepared to conduct with authorities from Iran and our ambassador Khalilzad from Baghdad are focused on Iraq, that’s the only purpose of those,” said Gregory Schulte, ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog. Full Story