Bahraini FM to meet Maliki

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Bahraini foreign minister will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and several officials to discuss a number of issues of mutual concern, an Iraqi under-secretary of state for foreign affairs said on Saturday. “Today, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed al-Khalifa arrived in Baghdad for talks on several issues,” Labeed Abbawi told IraqiNews.com. The Bahraini official is scheduled to hold a press conference, Abbawi said, providing no further information about the visit. On Thursday, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani received the credentials of the ambassadors of Jordan, Syria, Bahrain, and Spain to Iraq. SS (P) 1