After nearly a quarter-century of severed ties, Iraq on Tuesday resumed diplomatic relations with neighboring Syria -- a move seen as a possible step toward stemming some of the unrelenting violence in Iraq.The Iraqi and Syrian presidents also received invitations from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to weekend meetings in Tehran to tackle the chaos in Iraq, Iraqi lawmakers said.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's spokesman said his boss would attend but that Syrian President Bashar Assad would not.
This will prov
e to be extremely important to this powder keg of a region. America has been pressing for a summit like this to take place, now it is. However under Iranian leadership which could spell trouble. I think that it is amazing that the Iraqi government is finally taking steps towards peace on their own this is what the American government and armed forces. The Iraqi government needs to take advantage of it new found democracy, train its forces and run their own country. It will be interesting to watch how the U.S. watches what comes from this summit, as we have our own personal interests in the region, for example oil.
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