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Rice wants 'serious answer' from Iran
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-21 20:03 She said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana "clarified" Iran's choices at the talks. "It was also a very strong message to the Iranians that they can't go and stall and make small talk and talk about culture and that they have to make a decision," said Rice. Burns will brief Rice during her one-night stopover in Abu Dhabi, where she will meet her counterparts from Gulf states as well as Iraq, Egypt and Jordan on Monday. US attendance at the Geneva talks was an about-face and comes as Washington is considering whether to open an interest section in Tehran, which would allow for diplomatic contact while falling short of diplomatic ties. Rice said such a move should not be seen as a thawing of relations. Washington broke ties with Iran nearly 30 years ago. Rice said there were no plans to join further nuclear talks unless Iran met conditions to give up the enrichment work. "I think we have done enough to demonstrate that the United States is serious and to assure our partners that we are serious and to show the Iranians that we are serious. I think we have done enough," she said. |
