Syrian foreign minister to visit Iraq, date to be determined, Syria state news agency says

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani has received an invitation to visit Iraq with the date to be determined later after consultations on the agenda.

Two Iraqi sources had said earlier in the day that al-Shibani would pay an official visit to Baghdad on Saturday.

SANA said that during the visit issues of common interest would be addressed to open a new page in bilateral ties, after the overthrow by opposition forces in December of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad following 13 years of civil war.