Wednesday,
May 28, 2008
UN Rome Summit:
Ahmadinejad of Iran to Visit
Show
me someone who finds some excuse NOT to talk to their enemies, and I will show
you someone who either doesn't want
a Resolution, or is a Hypocrite, Ignorant or an Idiot.
Soviet
premier Nikita Khrushchev said
"We will bury you!" referring
to the US, while addressing
Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow on November 18, 1956. Yet the US continued to maintain Diplomatic Ties.
After two decades
of boycott that produced only greater animosity and posturing, President Richard Nixon
visited China
for one week in February 1972 in a first in formally normalizing
relations between the United States and
the China.
who the US considered one of its biggest
enemies. It was an historic break through in tensions.
Israel continually conducts talks
with Hamas, although they are
not widely reported. After Bush calls North Korea, Syria,
and Iran.
The Axis of Evil,
we hold talks with North Korea ,and Syria,
Yet,
many of our War Mongering Draft Dodging US Leaders,
consider talking to Iran
as Talking to Satan. ??????
While
Ahmadinejad is in Rome, he indicated he would make himself
available to talk to Berlusconi and the Pope.
Berlusconi's schedule "will not permit", while the
Pope is "considering".
Ahmadinejad to Visit Rome
in First Europe Trip
Union Tribune
Signs on San
Diego
From Reuters
May 28, 2008
ROME Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to make his first trip to Western
Europe as president next week when he attends a U.N. conference in Rome on global food security, Italy's
government said on Wednesday.
Iran has not announced Ahmadinejad's travel plans, but the Italian Foreign
Ministry said the Iranian leader had already advised Rome that he intends to come for the June 3-5
summit.
Although Iran's nuclear ambitions are not on the agenda, Ahmadinejad's
appearance alongside leaders including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon make it likely the nuclear issue will come up at media events or on the summit's sidelines.
Other leaders
expected to attend the event include French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva.
Italy's conservative Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi has ruled out a bilateral
meeting with Ahmadinejad, the foreign ministry said,
citing time constraints.
Western leaders fear Iran
aims to build atomic weapons and the United Nations has hit Tehran with three rounds of sanctions since
2006, demanding it cease nuclear enrichment activities. Tehran has refused, saying its nuclear programme is peaceful.
It would be Ahmadinejad's
first major appearance in the West since travelling
last year to New York, where he addressed the
U.N. General Assembly and spoke at Columbia
University.
He visited Belarus in May
2007.
A diplomatic
source said the Iranian leader has requested an audience with Pope Benedict.
Vatican sources said earlier this
week it was not yet clear if the pope would meet individual heads of state
attending the U.N. event or hold a collective audience for them to save time.
The Vatican has criticised
Ahmadinejad for calling for Israel to be wiped off the map and the pope has
repeatedly encouraged dialogue to resolve differences over Iran nuclear programme.
(Reporting by
Roberto Landucci; Writing by Phil Stewart; Editing by
Matthew Jones)
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