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Egyptian delegation to arrive in Iraqi
Kurdistan
5.10.2008
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October 5, 2008
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan region "Iraq", —
The visiting Egyptian ministers of foreign affairs
and energy will soon arrive in Sulaimaniyah city to
meet with President Jalal Talabani on bilateral
issues,www.ekurd.net
an official source said
on Sunday.
"Ministers Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Hassan Younis will
arrive at Sulaimaniyah airport in the coming few
hours to meet with President Talabani and Kurdish
leaders on Iraqi-Egyptian relations," the head of
the central media center in the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK), which is led by Talabani, Jindyani,
told VOI.
Earlier today, Sadiq al-Rikabi, a political advisor
for the Iraqi prime minister, said that Maliki
discussed with the Egyptian ministers the reopening
of the Egyptian embassy in Baghdad.
The Egyptian officials arrived in Iraq on an
unannounced visit to meet with the Iraqi president
and premier in the highest-ranking visit by an
Egyptian delegation since 1990.
Ihab al-Sharif was appointed as an
ambassador-designate to Iraq,www.ekurd.net
but he was assassinated
shortly after his posting in June 2005, with
al-Qaeda-in-Iraq claiming responsibility for the
killing.
Copyright, respective author or news agency,
VOI
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