U.S. Relations With the People's Republic of China (2008)

U.S. Department of State

Remarks With Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir

Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Reykjavik, Iceland
May 30, 2008

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QUESTION: Madame Secretary Rice, Iranian Foreign Minister has sent you a message through the press yesterday asking you to correct your policies in the region. What would you answer?

SECRETARY RICE: Well, the Iranian Foreign Minister doesn't have to send messages to me through the press. He is receiving very soon a message from the six foreign ministers of the P-5+1 -- that would be the United States, Russia, China , Germany, France and Great Britain -- that Iran should, in accordance with the Security Council resolutions that have been passed, suspend its enrichment and reprocessing, come to the negotiating table, and that there is a very good package of incentives for Iran to do so.

So at some point, I hope we'll get an answer to that message.

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