Russia: U.S. Doesn't Plan To Attack Iran
Foreign Minister Says U.S. Officials Assured Him Extra Forces In Persian Gulf Will Be Used To Stabilize Region
(CBS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that U.S. officials assured him in meetings in Washington this week that the United States does not have plans to launch military action against Iran, Russian news agencies reported.
Lavrov, who returned to Moscow on Saturday from meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and others, said he discussed the United States' plans to send additional forces to Iraq and neighboring areas.
"The American side assured us that they have no plans for war against Iran and that the additional presence of forces and equipment in the Persian Gulf region is aimed at stabilizing the situation," the ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies quoted him as saying.
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