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President Talabani and PM al-Maliki meet Syrian foreign minister

(21 Nov 2006) SHOTLIST 1. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (right) walking to meeting room 2. Officials following Syrian and Iraqi leaders 3. Various of meeting between Moallem and al-Maliki with delegates seated along walls 4. Cutaway of flags and podium 5. Wide of meeting between Moallen and President Jalal Talabani 6. Cutaway of two delegates 7. Medium shot of meeting between Moallen and Talabani 8. Moallen speaking 9. Talabani speaking 10. Various of meeting between Moallen and Talabani and delegates STORYLINE Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem arrived in Baghdad on Monday where he held meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Moallem is the most senior Syrian official to visit Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Moallem first met privately with al-Maliki where the Iraqi prime minister said that Syria must not let its disputes with the United States distract from two important regional issues: improving security in Iraq and reopening diplomatic relations with its neighbour. When Moallem arrived on his diplomatic mission on Sunday, he had called for a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces to help end Iraq's sectarian bloodbath. But Al-Maliki told Moallem that Syria must realise that what is happening Iraq was a danger to the whole region, not just Iraq, and that Syria must not let its disputes with the United States delay its cooperation with Iraq, the prime minister's office said in a statement. Syria and Iraq share a long and porous desert border and both Baghdad and Washington have accused Damascus of not doing enough to stop the flow of foreign Arab fighters into Iraq. Al-Maliki told Moallem that many of the terrorist attacks in Iraq are being planned in neighbouring countries and that must stop, the statement said. Moallem later met with the Iraqi president as part of his two day visit. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...