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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R)
shakes hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon his arrival
in Baghdad March 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, the
first Iranian president to visit Iraq since the two neighbours fought a
bitter eight-year war in the 1980s that killed a million people.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Iran, Iraq to review issue of joint
oil wells
TEHRAN, March
2 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini announced
on Sunday that Iran and Iraq are to review the issue of the two countries' joint
oil wells, the official IRNA news agency reported.
He told reporters during his weekly press briefing
that a joint committee, to be formed in the next two months, will discuss the
joint oil wells issue. Full story
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Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (R)
smiles as he attends a joint news conference with Iran's President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad (L) in Baghdad March 2, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters
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Ahmadinejad says he supports united,
strong Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that he supports a united and strong Iraq,
noting that his visit represents a new chapter for the bilateral relationship.
"A united, strong and developed Iraq will serve all
the region," Ahmadinejad told a joint press conference with his Iraqi
counterpart Jalal Talabani following their meeting. Full story
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
speaks with journalists before leaving for Iraq, at the International
Mehrabad air port in Tehran March 2, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters
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Iraqi president pledges to expel
Iranian rebel group
BAGHDAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani said on Sunday that Iraq is working to expel an Iranian rebel
organization that opposes the Iranian Islamic regime.
"The presence of those people as a terrorist
organization in Iraq is prohibited according to the Iraqi constitution,"
Talabani said in a joint news conference with visiting Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.Full story
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