Iraqi PM to hold talks with NATO in Brussels trip

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Iraqi PM to hold talks with NATO in Brussels trip
BRUSSELS (AFP) Nov 02, 2004
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is to visit NATO headquarters during a trip to Brussels later this week, when he is already scheduled to have lunch with EU leaders, an Alliance source said Tuesday.

Allawi will hold talks with leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday, shortly before he is due to lunch with European Union (EU) chiefs holding a summit, said the source.

NATO agreed to send a military training mission to Iraq in principle in June, but struggled for several months to agree the details. It is now rushing to deploy up to 400 instructors in the country ahead of January elections.