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Article: Update: Iranian president ends visit to Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 3, 2008
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Update: Iranian president ends visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad ended his two-day historic visit to Iraq and left
herefor home on Monday.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
saw him off with a red-carpet ceremony.
Ahmadinejad was the first Iranian president who has visited Iraq
since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Earlier on Monday, Ahmadinejad told a news conference in Baghdad
that his country and Iraq have signed seven agreements in various
fields, including industry, trade and transportation.
"During the past two days, we have discussed some 20 programs
within brotherly atmospheres, and we have signed seven ...