June 1, 2007
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will return home on
Saturday from the United States after a two-week
recuperative trip, a source close to the Iraqi
presidency in Sulaymaniyah said on Friday.
"President Talabani was scheduled to return on June
8 but the date was changed after he finished all
necessary checkups in the United States," the source
said.
The source denied that Talabani's visit to the
United States was "just for losing weight," adding
"the visit was to have his general health examined."
Talabani met with U.S.
President George W. Bush in
Washington on Thursday to discuss with him
developments in national reconciliation in Iraq and
planned amendments to the law on de-Baathification. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd |
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