Planning Minister Delivers Official Invitation to Mauritanian President for Arab League Summit
Iraq's Minister of Planning and Deputy Prime Minister, Mohammed Ali Tamim, delivered o n Thursday, an official invitation to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani to attend the upcoming Arab League Summit.
According to a statement from the Ministry received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), Tamim arrived in Nouakchott to personally hand over the invitation.
The summit is scheduled to take place in Baghdad on May 17.
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