Iran denies any meeting of its representative with US officials

by Imran Schah    April 01, 2009

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Richard Holbrooke and Muhammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh had a meeting at the international conference on Afghanistan at Hague.

She said the US had given the Iranian delegates a letter but Iranian foreign ministry denied it.

On the other hand, US welcomed the Iranian presence at the meeting as a promising sign.

Mrs. Clinton said that the meeting was unplanned between Richard Holbrooke and Akhonzadeh but they both agreed to stay in touch.

Tehran gave a guarded welcome to US plans at the meeting to increase regional co-operation on Afghanistan.

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