BRUSSELS, Oct. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will train Iraqi army officers in Norway and Germany next month, a NATO official said on Wednesday.

    Some 20 Iraqi army officers are expected to go to Stavanger in southwestern Norway for a week's training at NATO's newly-created Joint Warfare Center, said the official, who asked not be identified.

    The official also said that another group of Iraqi officers will undergo military doctrine instruction at a NATO center in Oberammergau, southern Germany.

    NATO, the trans-Atlantic military alliance, has recently agreedon a detailed plan for training Iraqi security forces in Iraq, involving up to 300 instructors and commanded by senior US officers.

    The 26-nation alliance has already sent about 40 soldiers to Iraq to train its army officers.

    NATO leaders agreed at their summit in Istanbul, Turkey, in June to train Iraqis. Enditem