Italian, Ukraine planes arrived in Baghdad

Two Italian and Ukraine planes carrying two delegation including senior officials landed on Saturday evening at Baghdad's International Airport.

Official sources said the Italian plane carried a delegation including some 40 political, parliamentary and cultural figures in a solidarity visit with the people of Iraq in confrontation of the siege.

The same sources added that the Ukraine plane carried a delegation including some 8 party and parliamentary figures in a visit during which it will hold talks to developing cooperation between the two countries.