Fuad Masum

BELGRADE - In a conversation with Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic in Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi President Muhammad Fuad Masum highlighted the historical significance of the cooperation between Belgrade and Baghdad, which he said was developing without open issues and to mutual satisfaction.

Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and Iraqi President Fuad Masum have pointed out friendly relations between the two countries, and their importance.

Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has rejected an initiative sponsored by the United Nations regarding a planned independence referendum in northern Iraq, saying that it contains several elements that are against the country's constitution. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is set to pay an official visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Aug. 23, on the same day as U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis is set to visit Turkey.

Çavuşoğlu's visit was planned in order to lay grounds for a scheduled visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to Turkey. 

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on March 30 for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top officials.
      
Ban first met President Fuad Masum and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and was also due to meet parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi before holding talks with Abadi.
      

French President Francois Hollande and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are among the leaders who have been invited to this year?s Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbak?r.

BAGHDAD - Serbia's Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met in Baghdad on Wednesday with Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi to discuss cooperation between the two countries and their defence ministries.

Serbian defense minister visits Iraq

BAGHDAD -- Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has conferred with Chairman of Iraqi Parliament's Committee on Security and Defense Hakim Al-Zamili.

They spoke about "security challenges within his working visit to Iraq on Tuesday, and they agreed that terrorism and religious extremism constitute the greatest threats in this context."

BAGHDAD - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic conferred with Chairman of Iraqi Parliament's Committee on Security and Defense Hakim Al-Zamili concerning security challenges within his working visit to Iraq on Tuesday, and they agreed that terrorism and religious extremism constitute the greatest threats in this context.

Dignitaries and leaders from around the world were to arrive in Saudi Arabia Jan. 24 to offer their condolences to its new King Salman, a day after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah.