Sharaa in meeting for Iraqi reconciliation conference

Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara arrived Friday evening in Cairo to take part in the preparatory meeting for the Iraqi national reconciliation conference due to start today in the Arab League headquarters.

Foreign Ministers of the Arab states, who are members of the follow up committee on Iraq, are to participate in the meeting. A number of Arab foreign ministers, representatives of Turkey, Iran, the UN Security Council's permanent representatives as well a number of regional and international organizations will attend the meeting.