US Secretary of State pays unannounced visit to Iraq

Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Iraq on an unannounced stop on his Mideast tour, Report informs citing The Washington Post.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Iraqi officials, including the speaker.

Al-Jazeera journalist Arva Ibrahim reports that during his unannounced visit to Baghdad, Pompeo plans to meet Iraqi politicians including Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

US Department of State said in early January that Pompeo will visit Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait on January 8-15.