VP Biden to visit Arbil on Wednesday

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: US Vice-President, Joe Biden, is scheduled to visit north Iraq Kurdistan Region’s capital of Arbil later on Wednesday, to confer with its President, Massoud Barzani, on several issues related to the bilateral relations between the United States and  Kurdistan Region, a Kurdisan government source reported. “The schedule of Biden’s visit, now visiting Baghdad, includes a visit to the Kurdistan Region to meet its President, Massoud Barzani,” the said source stressed, adding that “both sides would discuss joint relations between both sides.” Biden arrived in Baghdad yesterday, on a previously unannounced official visit, exceeding the American withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011. Earlier, a demonstration was held in Najaf protesting Biden’s visit.