Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Iraq on March 2 to meet top Iraqi leaders, a government spokesman told Xinhua on Thursday.
"I can confirm that March 2 will the date for Iranian President Ahmadinejad to visit Iraq," Ali al-Dabbagh said. "The Iranian president will meet Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki," he said.
Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq is the first ever for an Iranian president to the neighboring traditional foe, particularly after the two countries fought a devastating war between 1980 and 1988,in which about million people died from both sides.
Source: Xinhua
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