Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Iran accepts US Afghan invitation

Iran accepts US Afghan invitation

French soldiers in Afghanistan as part of a Nato force
Iran and the US share an interest in a stable Afghanistan

Iran has confirmed it will attend a US-backed international conference on the future of Afghanistan next week.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Tehran had not yet decided who it will send to the summit in The Hague next Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier this month that Iran should attend the high-level meeting.

While the US and Iran are at odds over Tehran's nuclear plans, the two share an interest in a stable Afghanistan.

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