BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed on Tuesday with US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides ways of expanding bilateral relations.
“The premier received at his office in Baghdad Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, with whom he discussed boosting bilateral ties and the regional developments, mainly crisis in Syria,” said a statement released from al-Maliki’s office received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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