Berri Rounds Off Iraq Visit, Meets Officials in Baghdad

Speaker Nabih Berri concluded his official visit to Iraq by holding more meetings with Iraqi leaders and political parties at the Prime Minister's Guest House in the Green Zone in Baghdad, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Berri has met with Ahmed al-Jabbouri, a leader in the parliamentary National Axis Alliance, who said after the meeting that “Berri’s visit to Baghdad would have positive results on all files, in terms of completing the formation of the (Iraqi) government and on relations between Lebanon and Iraq and with the countries of the region.”

Berri also received a delegation of the political body of the Sadrist Movement headed by Nassar al-Rubaie. Discussions focused on the situation in Iraq and the relations between the two countries.

Furthermore, talks between Berri and Iraqi ex-PM Iyad Allawi highlighted the latest developments in the region and cooperation between Lebanon and Iraq.

Berri, who arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, earlier met with leading Iraqi officials including Iraqi President Barham Salih. He pushed during talks for the restoration of an oil pipeline between Kirkuk and Tripoli that stopped in 1982 when the war between Iraq and Iran broke out.