By KUNA,
Kuwait : Foreign ministers of Iraq, its neighboring countries and permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) wrapped up a one-day meeting here Tuesday after acknowledging political and security improvements in Iraq.
Kuwait Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Sabah and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari are to hold a news conference later to announce the final communique which was approved by the participants.
Key foreign ministers attending are US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, British Foreign Secretar David Miliband, Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem.
They discussed how to further control common borders between Iraq and its immediate neighbors, as well as backing the Baghdad government in its national conciliation quest.
Countries participating in the conference are the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Syria, Turkey, the US, the UK, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and Sweden.
Also taking part are representatives of the UN, EU Presidency, NATO, the GCC, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League.
The first expanded meeting was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in May 2007, while the second was held in Istanbul, Turkey, in November of the same year.