Iran announces it will attend conference on Iraq

TEHRAN: Iran announced on Sunday it intended to take part in an international conference on election plans for Iraq that is scheduled to take place in Egypt next month. “In principle, taking part in the conference does not pose a problem for us,” foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters, adding the Islamic republic “welcomes all initiatives that favour stability in Iraq.” “The details on our participation will be announced later,” he added. US Secretary of State Colin Powell unveiled plans for the conference last week amid mounting expressions of skepticism among world leaders that the security situation in Iraq would permit nationwide elections to go ahead as planned by the end of January. afp

Home | Foreign