Secretary of State Rice to Meet Germany's Schroeder

Dow Jones Newswires:

Condoleezza Rice will make her first trip to Berlin as U.S. Secretary of State this later week to discuss the post-election situation in Iraq and Iran 's nuclear activities, the German government said Monday. ...

"The range of themes is extensive - the situation in Iraq after the elections, the situation in Iran and Middle East policy will be at the center of the talks," along with U.S. President George W. Bush's planned visit to Germany Feb. 23, Anda said.

Besides Berlin, Rice will visit several other European countries, as well as Israel and the West Bank.

Schroeder, who opposed the U.S.-led war to oust Saddam Hussein but has offered help rebuilding Iraq, has stressed recently that any solution to concerns that Iran could use nuclear material to make weapons should be resolved by diplomacy rather than force. ...

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