TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has announced that a fourth round of talks between Iran and the U.S. on Iraq is slated for early January, 2008.

An Iraqi Foreign Ministry official told the Arabic daily Al-Hayat that Iraqi officials will also be present in the negotiations.
The official, Labid Abavi, asserted that Iranian and American security officials will discuss all security matters related to Iraq's national sovereignty.
He pointed out that the two sides will not discuss the nearly three decades old deadlock in Iran-U.S. relations.
Tehran and Washington held their first, second, and third rounds of talks on Iraq in Baghdad on May 28, July 24, and August 6, respectively.
The first and second rounds of talks were held between Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazemi Qomi and his American counterpart, Ryan Crocker.