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Baghdad airport closed as of 26 this March
On: Wednesday 14/03/2012 10:37
Baghdad / term
at a time when competing government agencies to finish their preparations for the convening of the Arab summit in Baghdad, said Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Iraq Tuesday that Baghdad's international airport will close as of 26 this month in preparation for receiving official delegations participating in the Baghdad summit scheduled for March 29.
Said Captain Nasser Hussain Bandar told AFP: "We decided to close the Baghdad International Airport to all commercial flights of 26 from this month until the end of the summit in 30 of the same month." "The airport will be equipped only to receive the official delegations from the reception of foreign ministers on 26." The government began in February to send ministers to the Arab countries to guide the formal invitations to the leaders of these countries to attend the summit. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a television interview two weeks ago that 13 Arab head of state will attend the summit will be with the rest of the level of prime ministers or foreign ministers.
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