Saudi foreign minister makes rare visit to Baghdad


  • World
  • Saturday, 25 Feb 2017

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir delivers his speech during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir made a rare visit to Baghdad on Saturday in a new attempt to heal the Sunni kingdom's troubled relations with Shi'ite-majority Iraq.

Improving relations between Riyadh and Baghdad would help foster reconciliation between Iraq's Shi'ite and Sunni communities in the period after Islamic State's defeat.

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