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CLINTON TO DISCUSS IRAN, AFGHANISTAN ON EUROPE TRIP
WashingtonTV
Friday, October 09, 2009
Washington, 9 October (WashingtonTV)--US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said on Thursday that Iran and Afghanistan would dominate
her talks next week on a trip to Europe and Russia.
Clinton leaves on Friday for a tour that includes a stop in Switzerland
to commemorate an accord between rivals Armenia and Turkey, as
well as a visit to Dublin and Belfast to bolster Northern Ireland's
reconciliation process.
In Zurich, Clinton will have informal talks on Iran with both French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union foreign policy
chief, Javier Solana, said a senior State Department official.
The last leg of her trip will be in Russia.
Clinton said she was encouraged by Moscow's role in negotiations
between six world powers, known as the P5+1, and Iran over its
nuclear program.
"The cooperation that we are seeing from our Russian partners in the
P5+1 context is very encouraging. We will certainly be discussing
Iran," she told reporters in Washington.
"We will certainly be looking at the options that we have to explore
going forward from what was a positive, but not conclusive meeting
in Geneva," she added, referring to talks last week between the six
powers and Iran.
Clinton will also raise other issues, including the situation in
Afghanistan and human rights, during talks in Moscow with Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Dmitry Medvedev.
"The Russians could provide more assistance to Afghanistan,
including in the form of weapons for the Afghan army, training,
counternarcotics," a senior State Department official told reporters
on Thursday.
She will also push for a new US-Russia nuclear arms cut deal, to
replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty [START], which expires
on 5 December.
Source: US State Department website
© WashingtonTV 2009. All rights reserved.
WashingtonTV
Friday, October 09, 2009
Washington, 9 October (WashingtonTV)--US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said on Thursday that Iran and Afghanistan would dominate
her talks next week on a trip to Europe and Russia.
Clinton leaves on Friday for a tour that includes a stop in Switzerland
to commemorate an accord between rivals Armenia and Turkey, as
well as a visit to Dublin and Belfast to bolster Northern Ireland's
reconciliation process.
In Zurich, Clinton will have informal talks on Iran with both French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union foreign policy
chief, Javier Solana, said a senior State Department official.
The last leg of her trip will be in Russia.
Clinton said she was encouraged by Moscow's role in negotiations
between six world powers, known as the P5+1, and Iran over its
nuclear program.
"The cooperation that we are seeing from our Russian partners in the
P5+1 context is very encouraging. We will certainly be discussing
Iran," she told reporters in Washington.
"We will certainly be looking at the options that we have to explore
going forward from what was a positive, but not conclusive meeting
in Geneva," she added, referring to talks last week between the six
powers and Iran.
Clinton will also raise other issues, including the situation in
Afghanistan and human rights, during talks in Moscow with Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Dmitry Medvedev.
"The Russians could provide more assistance to Afghanistan,
including in the form of weapons for the Afghan army, training,
counternarcotics," a senior State Department official told reporters
on Thursday.
She will also push for a new US-Russia nuclear arms cut deal, to
replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty [START], which expires
on 5 December.
Source: US State Department website
© WashingtonTV 2009. All rights reserved.