Iraq, Syria and comprehensive border security plannote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is scheduled to visit Syria tomorrow (18/8/09). His talks are said to focus on a common project to set up a comprehensive security system along a 600km-long border between Iraq and Syria. The following 363-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what the Syrian reaction will be. It also tells which construction company the Syrians prefer to do the infrastructure work. Note that Al-Maliki’s visit takes place following a visit by a US security and military delegation to Damascus.