SpaceWar.com - Your World At War
Trump to meet EU chief, Iraqi president in Davos
Washington, Jan 20 (AFP) Jan 20, 2020
US President Donald Trump will meet his Iraqi counterpart and the head of the European Union executive body during his visit to Davos in Switzerland this week, the White House said Monday.

The meeting with President Barham Saleh will be the first between Trump and Iraqi officials since tensions erupted over the US killing of a top Iranian general and a senior pro-Iranian Iraqi commander in Baghdad.

After calls in Iraq for the expulsion of thousands of US troops stationed there, Trump responded by threatening sanctions aimed at wrecking the country's economy.

Trump, who arrives in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum get-together on Tuesday and leaves Wednesday, will also meet with European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen, the White House said.

Their talks will come just after France and the United States agreed to extend negotiations on avoiding what could be a punishing trans-Atlantic trade war.

Trump is also due to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Simonetta Sommaruga, the president of the Swiss Confederation, and Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani.

The meetings will take place on the sidelines of the Davos conference, which this year is focusing heavily on climate emergency and social inequality.


ADVERTISEMENT




Space News from SpaceDaily.com
Proba-3 reveals breakthrough images of the solar corona from space
Detection of ancient water ice suggests interstellar origins predating the Sun
UP Aerospace debuts Spyder rocket with successful hypersonic test launch

24/7 Energy News Coverage
Acid vapor boosts durability of carbon dioxide-to-fuel devices
World Bank lifts ban on nuclear energy financing
Waymo leads autonomous taxi race in the US

Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Israel, Iran exchange more deadly airstrikes on fifth day of conflict
Amid Israel-Iran war, Nimitz aircraft carrier to join Vinson in Middle East
B61-13 gravity bomb reaches first production milestone ahead of projected timeline

24/7 News Coverage
ICEYE radar imaging added to SkyFi satellite data platform
China expands disaster monitoring with launch of Zhangheng 1B satellite
China leads international drive to build global space weather monitoring network



All rights reserved. Copyright Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.