Pakistani, Jordanian, Ukraine planes arrived in Iraq in solidarity with Iraqis

Originally published February 3, 2001

Three Pakistani, Jordanian and Ukraine plains arrived in Baghdad on Friday in a solidarity gesture with the Iraqi people who suffer from the tough sanctions imposed on it since 1991.

Official Iraqi sources said that the Pakistani plane arrived on Friday loading a delegation of 24 persons headed by the minister of health Abdul Malik Kasi.

The sources added that the Jordanian and Ukraine planes who arrived in Baghdad on Thursday evening had on their boards political, trade unions, media and vocational figures.

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