The head of the Arab League is willing to meet with representatives of Iraq's Governing Council if they approach him, the league's spokesman said Saturday.
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Secretary-General Amr Moussa had previously shown little enthusiasm for the U.S.-appointed council, saying it would have had more credibility if elected by the Iraqi people.
But Saturday's comments showed the Arab League accepts the 25-member council and is willing to work with it. "If the Iraqi Governing Council wants to meet with the secretary-general, the secretary-general will be welcoming that," spokesman Hisham Youssef said. "The secretary-general assured them more than once that the door of the Arab League is open to any Iraqi interested in the future of Iraq." Youssef said nobody has yet asked for a meeting.
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