First they shake hands with Condy.
Then they kiss Kharazi on both cheeks.
Iran minister visits Iraq
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raqi officials who greeted Kharrazi acknowledged that the timing of his arrival, so soon after Rice's 12-hour visit on Sunday, was not chance. "The political message of this visit is very important, notably in its timing," said Zebari[Iraqi foreign minister], who at one point broke into fluent Persian, Iran's principal language, during a news conference with Kharrazi.
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Al-Jaafari and other top Shiite leaders gave Kharrazi a welcome suffused with references to the ties they formed during years of exile in Iran after fleeing the repression of Saddam Hussein.
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Perhaps Condy did not let the Iraqi's in on the "Axis of Evil".