According to al-Madar news agency, Hamudeh Yusuf Sabagh arrived in Baghdad late Thursday and was welcomed, upon his arrival, by his Iraqi Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbusi.

Halbusi office said in a statement that the Iraqi deputy parliament speaker and a number of parliament officials attended in the welcoming ceremony of the Syrian official and his accompanying delegation in Baghdad international airport.

The two officials stressed in a meeting in the airport on boosting ties between the two states and the ways to expand cooperation in separate ways.

According to the plans, the meeting of Iraq and neighboring states parliament speakers would be held on Saturday in Baghdad and the meeting would finally release a joint statement.

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