Article: Moussa, Sistani meet on Iraqi national reconciliation

Moussa, Sistani meet on Iraqi national reconciliation

BAGHDAD, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa on Saturday traveled to Iraq's southern holy city Najaf and met with the country's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Iraqi national reconciliation.

After the meeting at Sistani's house in Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad, Moussa told the press that he has won Sistani's support for holding a Iraqi national reconciliation conference.

"I got the support, which made me glad," Moussa said, adding he presented the Arab initiative for national reconciliation in Iraq, which was blessed and supported by Sistani.

Meanwhile, the senior Shiite ...

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