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Article: U.S. opens new embassy building in Baghdad
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 5, 2009
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U.S. opens new embassy building in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States opened its new
largest embassy compound in Baghdad on Monday in an official
ceremony.
The inauguration at the new site was attended by top Iraqi
officials led by President Jalal Talabani, as well as U.S.
ambassador Ryan Crocker and number of senior U.S. officials.
Crocker said that the opening of the new embassy compound is
ushering "a new era for Iraq and a new era for U.S.-Iraqi
relations."
For his part, Talabani thanked the United States for helping Iraq
aging democracy, saying that the new Iraq would serve as a " model"
for other countries.
The new U.S. embassy is the largest ...