March 14, 2012
Kuwaiti ruler to attend Arab meeting in Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq's government spokesman says Kuwait's emir will attend the Arab League summit meeting in Baghdad at the end of this month, the first such visit by a Kuwaiti ruler since Saddam Hussein's invasion of the oil-rich Gulf state.
Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Kuwaiti Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah confirmed his attendance Wednesday during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Al-Maliki is in Kuwait on an official visit to settle ongoing disputes dating back to the 1990 invasion.
The League summit originally was scheduled for the Iraqi capital last year, but political unrest across the Mideast, combined with concerns about Iraq's security, delayed it.
It is set now for March 27-29.
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