Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will travel to Iran next week for a state visit, Iranian state media reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will travel to Iran next week for a state visit, Iranian state media reported.
The visit, which will take place on Wednesday, will be the second by al-Maliki to Iran as Prime Minister.
He will meet and hold talks with senior Iranian officials on Iran-Iraq economic and political ties, the official news agency IRNA said.
The Iraqi Prime Minister last visited Iran in September. Prior to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, al-Maliki lived in Iran for some two decades.
