UN Secretary-General Arrives In Baghdad

Baghdad / NINA / UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Jim Yong Kek World Bank President and Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank arrived in Baghdad this morning for an official visit. A source in the Foreign Ministry told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / "Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari received the secretary-general of the UN and the head of the World Bank and Islamic bank in Baghdad airport. The source added: The two sides held a closed-door meeting would focus on the war on Daash and the support of the international system to Iraq in this war and emphasize the importance of the United Nations humanitarian activities in Iraq. He continued: Ki-moon will meet with a number of Iraqi officials, and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, to discuss the latest political and security developments in the region in general and Iraq in particular. The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced yesterday that the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will discuss in Baghdad with al-Abadi and other Iraqi officials the latest security developments in Iraq and the region. / End