Thursday, April 26, 2007
Iraqi foreign minister leaves for Tehran to persuade Iranians to participate in Sharm el-Sheikh conference
Politics, Iran
(VOI) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari on Wednesday left Baghdad heading for Tehran to urge Iranians participate in the ministerial meeting on Iraq scheduled in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, in early May, the foreign ministry said. "Zibari left Baghdad to Tehran where he is expected to meet the Iranian president and foreign minister on the participation of Iran in the upcoming international conference on Iraq in early May," the ministry said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The statement added "Zibari will also visit Turkey as soon as he would wrap up his visit to Iran to acquaint his Turkish counterpart on Sharm al-Sheikh conference on Iraq." The Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will host the international conference on Iraq from May 4-5.
Labels: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Iran, Sharm el-Sheikh, Turkey
