Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged international resistance to new financial and political support for Iraq as she began three days of diplomacy energized by the possibility of a thaw in U.S. relations with Iran and Syria.
Preparations are under way for the United States to meet in high-level talks here with at least one of its fiercest Mideast enemies: Syria.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Wednesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where a two-day conference on Iraq will begin Thursday. Both Syria and Iran will be represented at the conference.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels Tuesday for a series of meetings on Iraq, ready to open a long-awaited but "firm" dialogue with the previously taboo regimes in Iran and Syria.
Eritreans residing in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan held discussion on the objective situation in the Homeland and their participation in development programs.
US President George W. Bush said Tuesday that a conference this week on Iraq's security will be "an important test" of whether Iran and Syria truly want to help their war-torn neighbor.
Preparations were under way Wednesday for the US to meet in high-level, face-to face talks here with at least one of its fiercest Mideast enemies: Syria. But the question of an Iranian-US meeting remained more murky: one top American official said he hopes good talks including Iran come about, but Iran so far has been noncommittal.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will participate in a meeting with major powers involved in Mideast peace that will also include Syria at an upcoming summit in Egypt on Iraq, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.
Preparations are under way for the United States to meet in high-level talks here with at least one of its fiercest Mideast enemies: Syria. The question of an Iranian-U.S. meeting remains more murky.
Six leading opposition figures jailed in Syria warned on Tuesday that the "repressive climate" in their country was worsening and called for the release of all political prisoners.