Iraq to US: We have no problem with Iran

Jalal Talabani (L) and George W. Bush (R)

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has told the US President George W. Bush that Iran and Syria had caused no problem for his country.

"I'm glad to tell you Mr. President that our relations with our neighbors is improved very well, with Turkey, with Syria, with Iran with the Arab countries," AFP quoted the Iraqi president as saying in his meeting with the US president in Washington on Wednesday.

"The relation is normal now and we have no problem with any of those countries. In contrary, many new ambassadors are coming to our country from Arab countries," Talabani said.

The US has long been blaming Iran for growing insurgency in war-torn Iraq.

Tehran, however, has repeatedly declared that the country considers a secure Iraq in its best interests and that occupation is the main cause of violence in Iraq. Link