ALBAWABA - Upon a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Al-Sudani received an official invitation from U.S. President Joe Biden to visit Washington, Iraqi state media reported.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani attends the "Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership" in Sweimeh by the Dead Sea shore in central-west Jordan on December 20, 2022. - Jordan hosted on December 20 a Middle East summit bringing together regional and international players in a bid to defuse tensions, particularly in neighbouring Iraq. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)