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![The foreign ministers from France, Britain, and Germany, and the European Union foreign policy chief, from left, brief the media after a meeting in Berlin on Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. [© AP/WWP]](/all/20060113013538im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_1012_eu_iran_140.jpg) U.S. Joins EU Condemnation of Iranian Uranium Enrichment
Secretary Rice (Jan. 12): "We agree that the Iranian regime's defiant resumption of uranium enrichment work leaves the EU with no choice but to request an emergency meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors. That meeting would be to report Iran's noncompliance with its safeguards obligations to the UN Security Council." full text
![President George W. Bush signs the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement in the Oval Office Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. [White House Photo]](/all/20060113013538im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_0111_zoellick_140.jpg) President Bush Signs the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Jan. 11): "Deputy Secretary Zoellick, while he was U.S. Trade Representative, launched, negotiated and completed the Bahrain FTA, so we're very pleased with today's action. It's good for the U.S., it's good for Bahrain, and it's another example of how the Administration is working day in and day out to implement the President's positive agenda for the region." full text | White House Press Release | USTR Press Release
![Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greeting Liberian President-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on December 15, 2005 [State Department Photo]](/all/20060113013538im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/rice_johnson_sirleaf_1403.jpg) Secretary Rice Traveling to Liberia
On January 16, First Lady Laura Bush will lead a delegation that includes Secretary Rice to attend the inauguration of the President-elect of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleif, the first woman to be elected President on the continent of Africa. more
| | | | | I N O T H E R N E W S | | | | |  Secretary Rice (Jan. 11): "Syria must cease obstructing the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and instead cooperate fully and unconditionally, as required by UN Security Council resolutions. We call upon the Syrian regime to respond positively to the requests of UN Independent International Investigation (UNIIIC)."
Secretary Rice (Jan. 11): "Holding free and fair Palestinian Legislative Council elections on January 25 represents a key step in the process of building a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state."
| | The Governments of Australia, China, India, Japan, and Korea recently participated in the U.S. in the first Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. This event joined representatives from the six nations to work toward the development of clean alternative energy sources in the region. fact sheet
Secretary of State Rice and Secretary of Education Spellings co-hosted the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education January 5-6, 2006, in Washington, DC.
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