U.S. Secretary of State, Iranian FM to skip G8

PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not travel to Italy and Greece this week for international meetings because of an injury to her arm, her deputy said.



Clinton tripped and fell in the State Department's basement on Thursday and had successful two-hour surgery on Saturday to repair her broken right elbow.



Undersecretary of State William Burns and special envoys Richard Holbrooke and George Mitchell will represent the United States at meetings in Trieste, Italy, where the Group of Eight foreign ministers will gather this week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg told reporters.



Steinberg said he would replace Clinton in Corfu, Greece, where Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Foreign Ministers are meeting June 27-28, Reuters reported.



Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did not confirm his participation.