Iran confirms March 2 as start of Ahmadinejad's landmark trip to Iraq
Iran on Sunday set March 2 as the date for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark visit to Iraq, in the first confirmation of the event from the Iranian side.
Earlier in the month, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari had said that the first ever visit by the head of state of the Islamic Republic would be March 2 and he would meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani in the course of his two day visit. (AP)
