WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq will meet this week to discuss security issues in the war-torn country, a senior Bush administration official said Sunday.
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, left, and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, will meet this week.
This will be the second meeting between U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi Qomi.
Their May 28 meeting marked the first public and formal talks between U.S. and Iranian representatives since the United States cut off diplomatic relations 27 years ago.
U.S. officials have accused Iran of interfering in the U.S.-led war in Iraq by supplying Shiite Muslim militias with weaponry and training, fueling the sectarian warfare U.S. and Iraqi troops are trying to curtail.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose ruling party has close ties to Tehran, said this week's planned meeting would "strengthen the bridges of trust" between the two countries.
Crocker met Sunday in Baghdad with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in preparation for the meeting, Zebari's office said.WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq
will meet this week to discuss security issues in the war-torn country,
a senior Bush administration official said Sunday.
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, left, and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, will meet this week.
This will be the second meeting between U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi Qomi.
Their May 28 meeting marked the first public and formal talks between
U.S. and Iranian representatives since the United States cut off
diplomatic relations 27 years ago.
U.S. officials have accused
Iran of interfering in the U.S.-led war in Iraq by supplying Shiite
Muslim militias with weaponry and training, fueling the sectarian
warfare U.S. and Iraqi troops are trying to curtail.
Iraqi Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose ruling party has close ties to Tehran,
said this week's planned meeting would "strengthen the bridges of
trust" between the two countries.
Crocker met Sunday in Baghdad with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in preparation for the meeting, Zebari's office said.
