Iraq is expecting visits soon from Jordan's King Abdullah and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the foreign minister said on Wednesday. Abdullah will the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. "In the international community and Arab countries, confidence has grown in Iraq and its ability to be stable, to recover from the evils of sectarian war ... in its prospects to move forward," Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari told a news conference. He gave no dates for the visits, Reuters reported. "Soon there will be some senior leader visits to Iraq. King Abdullah of Jordan is expected to visit us in Baghdad, the first Arab leader," Zebari said. "There is a diplomatic opening for Iraq. This is very encouraging." Zebari said he also expected Erdogan very soon.
