Jordan envoy takes up Iraq post

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The new Jordanian ambassador to Iraq has taken up his post in Baghdad.

Nayef Zeidan's is the first such appointment since a bomb attack on the Jordanian embassy in 2003, in which at least 11 people were killed.

A number of other Arab states have recently moved to upgrade their diplomatic presence in Iraq, as a result of security improvements.

This week, Syria - a sworn enemy of Saddam Hussein's government- sent its first envoy to Iraq for three decades.

Mr Zeidan arrived in Baghdad and presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, reports said quoting foreign ministry officials.