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French Prime Minister visits Iraqi
Kurdistan
3.7.2009 |
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July
3, 2009
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — French Prime Minister
Francois Fillon, currently on a visit to Iraq,
arrived at the Sulaimaniyah International Airport,
an informed media source said on Thursday.
“Fillon is scheduled to meet with Iraqi President
Jalal Talabani at his residence in Sulaimaniyah,”
the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Fillon arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on
Thursday on an official visit,www.ekurd.net
the first by a French
premier to Iraq since 2003.
Fillon held talks with his Iraqi counterpart Nouri
al-Maliki and Iraqi officials on ways to bolster
bilateral relations. |
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon |
Several agreements are
expected to be signed during the visit, Fillon’s
office said.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon is the first
foreign leader to visit Iraq since US-led forces
officially withdrew combat troops from Iraqi cities
on June 30.
He told a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki that in the wake of the
U.S. pullout, Iraq had "now entered a new phase."
Mr. Fillon arrived in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,
with a large delegation of French officials and top
French business leaders for a short visit. The
French prime minister's office said several business
agreements would be signed during the visit.
The French delegation includes Finance Minister
Christine Lagarde and the heads of the Total oil
company,www.ekurd.net
Lafarge building
materials group and European aerospace giant EADS
among others.
Maliki visited Paris in May, while French President
Nicolas Sarkozy was in Iraq in February.
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