Report: Iran offers US cooperation on Iraq exit
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered the United States Tehran's cooperation in developing a US exit strategy from Iraq, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
It quoted Araghchi as saying the United States and Iran had the same interests in a stable Iraq and that direct talks leading to a "face-saving withdrawal" were possible. "The invasion was a disaster - let there not be a disastrous withdrawal. Yes, immediate withdrawal could lead to chaos, civil war. No one is asking for immediate withdrawal of foreign forces. But there should be a plan," he said. (Reuters)
