Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the summit with a small delegation, Iraqiya TV reported.

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The vice president's trip comes several days after Qatar's foreign minister said his country had sent a low-ranking representative to last week's Arab League summit in Baghdad in order to send a message over "factionalism in Iraq, " the state-run Qatar News Agency reported.

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"This is not the time for this summit, " said another angry Baghdad resident.

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The meeting, in the presence of Belgian, German and Swiss experts, was intended to discuss the formation of an Arab parliament, as stipulated by a summit of Arab leaders held in Baghdad last year.

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The attack coincided with an Arab League meeting that was under way inside the Green Zone, in the presence of Belgian, German and Swiss experts, to discuss the formation of an Arab parliament, as stipulated by a summit of Arab leaders held in Baghdad last year.

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Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby arrived Sunday in Baghdad with a small delegation in advance of the summit.

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Baghdad municipality and other agencies have spent to cover costs related to the summit as well, he said.

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