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Iraqi prime minister al-Maliki in Syria
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 20 - 08 - 2007

Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki came to Syria on Monday on his first visit here as prime
minister.
The three-day sojourn by the Iraqi leader is
expected to focus on the sensitive border issues.
Last week, al-Maliki went to Turkey and Iran, and said he
would continue traveling to other countries to seek help in
stemming the violence that has ravaged Iraq.
Syria's official news agency SANA said that al-Maliki
talks here would deal with the current security and
political situation in Iraq, as well as economic
cooperation between the two countries.
Al-Maliki was accompanied on the trip by a high-level
Iraqi delegation, including ministers of interior, trade,
oil and water resources. He is expected to hold talks with
Syrian leaders, including President Bashar Assad, his
deputy Farouk Sharaa and al-Maliki's Syrian counterpart
Naji Ottri.
«This visit is to implement the government's policy that
depends on the basis of security, economic and political
relations with the neighboring countries and ways to
enhance these relations,» al-Maliki told reporters
accompanying him on the trip.
«We will discuss the serious security file and its
challenges, which concern not only Iraq but the whole
region,» al-Maliki said. «We will discuss the Iraqi
community and immigrants in Syria and the ways to provide
them with services.»
Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, who accompanied
al-Maliki to Damascus, said that Baghdad was ready to
reopen a crude oil pipeline that passes through Syria if
the Iraqi-Syria border is made safe.
Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated
Press that Iraq and Syria have signed a note pledging to
exchange information. Also, Syria has handed over 13
suspects sought by Baghdad, he said, but did not provide
details about the suspects.


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