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| Mid-East tops Blair-Rice agenda | Mid-East tops Blair-Rice agenda |
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| Prime Minister Tony Blair has held private talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. | |
| A spokeswoman said the talks - over breakfast at Mr Blair's Chequers home - focused on Middle East issues. | A spokeswoman said the talks - over breakfast at Mr Blair's Chequers home - focused on Middle East issues. |
| She said Mr Blair would go back to the Middle East and wanted to get Ms Rice's impressions after her recent trip. | She said Mr Blair would go back to the Middle East and wanted to get Ms Rice's impressions after her recent trip. |
| On Friday, foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany decided to begin talks on sanctions against Iran. | On Friday, foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany decided to begin talks on sanctions against Iran. |
| Western powers fear that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies saying that it is simply trying to develop nuclear energy. | Western powers fear that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies saying that it is simply trying to develop nuclear energy. |
| Mr Blair and Ms Rice had "a general discussion about the Middle East so Iran was not the main focus," Mr Blair's spokeswoman said. | Mr Blair and Ms Rice had "a general discussion about the Middle East so Iran was not the main focus," Mr Blair's spokeswoman said. |
| "The prime minister did say when he made his visit to the Middle East that he would be going back, so it is right that he talks to Condoleezza [Rice] when she has just got back from the region herself." | "The prime minister did say when he made his visit to the Middle East that he would be going back, so it is right that he talks to Condoleezza [Rice] when she has just got back from the region herself." |
| No statement has been issued following the talks. | No statement has been issued following the talks. |
| Ms Rice has just returned from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq. | Ms Rice has just returned from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq. |