Thursday, March 22, 2007
U.N. Secretary-General in Baghdad for talks with al-Maliki
U.N.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was headed to Baghdad on Thursday for a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister, the first visit by the top United Nations official in nearly a year and a half, U.N. officials said. Ban will be in the Iraqi capital for only one day of meetings with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose forces are working with the U.S. military in a major operation to curb violence in Baghdad and the surrounding territory. The U.N. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information, would give no other details about the visit. The top U.N. official was last in Baghdad when Ban's predecessor, Kofi Annan, visited the capital in November 2005.
Labels: Baghdad, Nouri Al-Maliki, oon, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.N.
