IRAQ: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Iraq for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari

Record ID: 564847

  • Title: IRAQ: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Iraq for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
  • Date: 13th January 2014
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JANUARY 13, 2014) (AGENCY POOL) U.N. AIRCRAFT CARRYING U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON ON TARMAC BAN KI-MOON COMING OUT OF AIRCRAFT AND WAVING BAN KI-MOON SHAKING HANDS WITH IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER HOSHYAR ZEBARI BAN KI-MOON AND ZEBARI WALKING ON RED CARPET BAN KI-MOON AND ZEBARI WALKING INSIDE BUILDING BAN KI-MOON AND ZEBARI SHAKING HANDS U.N. AND IRAQI FLAGS BAN KI-MOON AND ZEBARI SEATED U.N. DELEGATION SEATED IN MEETING ROOM IRAQI OFFICIALS SEATED IN MEETING ROOM U.N. AND IRAQI OFFICIALS SEATED BAN KI-MOON AND ZEBARI LEAVING BUILDING AND GETTING INTO VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 28th January 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAEY1O4ZN1JFM4ROA9RO6636IKI
  • Story Text: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was welcomed to Baghdad by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Monday (January 13), ahead of talks on regional issues including the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
    Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for these discussions against the backdrop of a continuing violent standoff in Iraq's Anbar province.
    Officials in Baghdad have blamed Iraq's slide back into violence on the conflict in Syria, which has inflamed sectarian tensions and fuelled instability across the region.
    Ban Ki-moon's visit to the region comes just nine days ahead of the first direct talks between the Syrian opposition and President Bashar al-Assad's government - set for Jan. 22 in Switzerland and dubbed "Geneva 2".
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