US Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt, who traveled with Rice, remained cautious however on the prospects of immediate dividends from the meeting.
"Now not everything is going to be achieved at this meeting in terms of all of the commitments that will need to be made to Iraq over time but I think, as the Iraqis meet more and more of their targets, you'll see more and more commitments to them," he said.
There is an intense battle between US President George W. Bush's administration and the Democrat-dominated Congress over the Iraq war.
On Tuesday, Bush dashed Democrat hopes for a firm timetable for the withdrawal of US troops by vetoing a bill setting a start date for a pullout.
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