BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden has met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to discuss resolving Iraq's political crisis.
The meeting was Biden's first stop after arriving in Iraq on an unannounced trip Thursday. Biden will also meet with other leaders and U.S. personnel in Iraq.
Biden and al-Abadi exchanged greetings as they and their delegations sat down at a government palace in Baghdad. Al-Abadi was heard speaking in English without assistance from a translator as reporters were allowed in briefly for the start of the meeting.
He and Biden met at the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace, inside the heavily fortified Green Zone. The grandiose palace served as U.S. headquarters in Baghdad after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 until the U.S. opened a new embassy.
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