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To: Road Walker who wrote (311378)11/20/2006 5:31:16 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1576912
 
Iraq says to restore full ties with Syria

Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:27 PM GMT

By Ross Colvin

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq and Syria expect to restore full diplomatic ties this week, the Iraqi government said on Monday after Syria's visiting foreign minister pledged support in helping its neighbour quell rampant violence.

Iraq and Syria severed ties a quarter of a century ago, when Syria sided with Iran during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. They restored some links in the 1990s but do not have full relations.

"The first step is restoring diplomatic relations before the delegation leaves, God willing," Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told state television on Monday night.

The visit by Walid al-Moualem is the first by a Syrian minister since the U.S-led 2003 invasion and is a rare visit by any senior Arab official to Shi'ite-led Iraq, whose U.S. occupation and close ties with Shi'ite Islamist Iran are viewed with suspicion by Arab states.

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