Iran signals interest in talks with U.S. following Obama's overtures to Iran (Impact on Israel) - by Warren P.Strobel
Iran gave its first sign Tuesday it's interested in exploring President Barack Obama's offers of dialogue, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying his country "is ready to hold talks, but talks in a fair atmosphere with mutual respect." It was the most positive response yet by an Iranian leader to Obama's repeated signals that he'll offer a new approach. "The new U.S. government has announced that it wants to create change and follow the path of talks. It's very clear that true changes should be fundamental and not tactical," Ahmadinejad said.
Note EU-Digest: "The recent "rapprochement" between President Barack Obama and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should probably also be seen as a signal to Israeli President Shimon Peres to give Tzipi Livni, the head of the more moderate Kadima party, winner of yesterdays Israeli election, a fair chance to form a moderate Israeli unity government instead of one run by right-wing hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu and ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman, who is battling a corruption investigation again him. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni appealed today (Wednesday)to rightist Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu to join a national unity government that Livni would lead at the head of her centrist Kadima party."
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