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Iran minister gives Hillary the cold shoulder
Hillary Clinton lost him at "hello."
The US secretary of state had a rare chance to interact with Iran's foreign minister at a Bahrain security conference, which Hillary used to deliver a message to Tehran on the need to engage with the international community over its nuclear program at next week's talks in Geneva.
But while Hillary's keynote speech from the podium directly addressed the Iranian team led by foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, her attempt at a more personal diplomacy with Mottaki fell distinctly flat.
"I got up to leave and he was sitting a couple of seats down from me and shaking people's hands and he saw me and he stopped and began to turn away," Hillary told reporters on her plane returning to Washington on Saturday. "I said 'Hello, minister.' He just turned away."
While the US secretary of state laid out her case for broader Iranian engagement, Mottaki concentrated on his dinner giving no sign that Washington's latest message to Tehran had been heard.
Iran minister gives Hillary the cold shoulder - The Times of India
Hillary Clinton lost him at "hello."
The US secretary of state had a rare chance to interact with Iran's foreign minister at a Bahrain security conference, which Hillary used to deliver a message to Tehran on the need to engage with the international community over its nuclear program at next week's talks in Geneva.
But while Hillary's keynote speech from the podium directly addressed the Iranian team led by foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, her attempt at a more personal diplomacy with Mottaki fell distinctly flat.
"I got up to leave and he was sitting a couple of seats down from me and shaking people's hands and he saw me and he stopped and began to turn away," Hillary told reporters on her plane returning to Washington on Saturday. "I said 'Hello, minister.' He just turned away."
While the US secretary of state laid out her case for broader Iranian engagement, Mottaki concentrated on his dinner giving no sign that Washington's latest message to Tehran had been heard.
Iran minister gives Hillary the cold shoulder - The Times of India