JEDDAH Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi King Abdullah congratulated Haider al-Abadi on his appointment as Iraq's new prime minister, the state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, in a sign of Riyadh's eagerness to see the departure of his predecessor Nuri al-Maliki.
In a message sent to Abadi, SPA said the king called on "God Almighty to grant you success ... in restoring cohesion" among the Iraqi people and "preserving Iraq's unity and achieving its security, stability and development".
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