A NATO flag. An Iranian diplomat and a NATO official have had "informal contact" for the first time in 30 years, holding discussions in Brussels about Afghanistan, NATO officials said Thursday. (AFP/File/Ferenc Isza)From Yahoo News/AFP:
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Iran and NATO have held their first talks since the Iranian revolution 30 years ago, officials at the military alliance said Thursday, in a new sign of a thaw in Tehran's ties with the West.
At allied headquarters in Brussels last week, an Iranian diplomat and a senior NATO official had an "informal contact" focused on Iran's neighbour Afghanistan, where the alliance is battling a stiff Taliban-led insurgency.
"The diplomat met with Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Martin Erdmann," chief NATO spokesman James Appathurai said.
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My Comment: The key word is .... "informal".