Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Iraqi embassy re-opens in Riyadh
(Voices of Iraq) Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari arrived on Monday in the Saudi capital Riyadh for re-opening the Iraqi embassy there, Saudi TV said. "Zibari will meet his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faysal and other officials on the latest developments in Iraq and the region" the TV added. The Iraqi embassy in Riyadh was closed in 1990 after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The Iraqi-Saudi ties were resumed after a visit by the former Iraqi Prime Minster to Saudi Arabia in July 2004.
Labels: embassy, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
