Washington Opens Door to Italy’s Afghanistan Proposal

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Corriere dela Sera (Italy)

WASHINGTON – Unexpectedly, the United States yesterday did not rule out an “international conference for peace and stability in Afghanistan”, the carefully crafted diplomatic formula adopted by D’Alema for a political solution to the Afghan crisis.

The State Department’s spokesman, Sean McCormack, said that “it could be a constructive suggestion”. “We want to understand some of the details”, he continued. “Fundamentally, you want to get the opinion of the Afghan Government and President Karzai about this. So I think it’s really an idea that merits some discussion”. “And to see”, concluded Mr McCormack, “whether or not, on the basis of that discussion, you move forward or not”.

Read more: http://www.corriere.it/english/articoli/2007/03_Marzo/21/Alema.shtml

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did anyone report this in the US?