BEIRUT, March 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A high-level Iraqi delegation
headed by Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Izzat
Ibrahim is due to arrive in Beirut on Wednesday for an official
visit to Lebanon, the official NNA news agency reported.
   Ibrahim will deliver a letter from Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein to his Lebanese counterpart Emile Lahoud on the upcoming
Arab Summit due to be held in Beirut on March 27-28.
   The delegation, which also includes Foreign Minister Naji Sabri
Ahmed will hold talks with Lebanese leaders on the Mideast
situation, especially the Palestinian-Israeli escalating violence.
   The talks will also focus on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
and the U.S. threat to carry out military action against Iraq.
   U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is currently on a 11-nation
Mideast tour to rally Arab support for U.S. strike against Iraq,
that is accused by Washington of developing mass destruction
weapons.
   Iraq has refused to allow U.N. arms inspectors to resume work in
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