Hakeem, US Ambassador review situation in Iraq, the region

Baghdad (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Leader of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), Ammar al-Hakeem, met on Sunday, May 29, with the US Ambassador to Iraq, James Geoffrey, accompanied with Harvard University Professor, specialized in Iraq's affairs, Mrs. Megan O'Sulivan.

A statement by the SIIC said that, "In the meeting the situation in Iraq and the region as well as the area's current developments are reviewed."

It added, "Ambassador Geoffrey stressed that President Obama is concerned with the developments. Also they touched on Iraq-US relations and means of keeping up the economic, cultural and scientific relations between both countries."

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