German Economy Minister Michael Glos has paid a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
This makes him the first cabinet minister to visit the country since the US-led invasion in 2003. The German Bild am Sonntag weekly reports that he met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Glos also used his trip Saudi Arabia to raise oil production ...
Plans for a national security body for Germany ... to discuss the interest of German companies in Iraq's oil reserves with the Iraqi oil and industry ministers. His trip comes just days ahead of a planned visit by al-Maliki to Berlin.
(Deutsche Welle)
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