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Iraq to host regional summit

Iraq is hosting a regional summit this month in Baghdad of 'neighboring countries' to include Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein extends an invitation to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi for an upcoming regional summit hosted by Baghdad.

The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced Monday that Baghdad will host a regional summit this month to ease tensions between neighboring states. No date has yet been set.

The summit, dubbed the “Iraqi Neighboring Countries Conference,” extended invitations to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudia Arabia’s King Salman, according to Iraq’s Foreign Ministry. 

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