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Iraqi FM to visit Cairo

By NNN-QNA

Baghdad : Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari is to lead a high powered delegation for a visit to Cairo early Jan 2008 to revitalize the Egyptian-Iraqi cooperation and bolster relations between the two countries.

In a statement to reporters Dec 29 2007, the Iraqi Foreign Undersecretary Labid Abbawi said, Zebari will hold talks with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak dealing with a plan of action for joint cooperation within the context of a long- range strategic planning.

President Mubarak and his Iraqi couterpart Jalal Talabani agreed in Cairo last Nov to set up a joint committee for strategic cooperation and political consulting to be co-chaired by the two sides’ Foreign Ministers Zebari and Ahmed Abul Gheit.