The agenda includes 10 central issues, the most important of which is Syria, Zebari said.
Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi interim foreign minister, says the region has been a hotbed for insurgents.
Zebari said Baghdad wants more clarification in the status-of-forces agreement regarding the issue of jurisdiction.
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He also spoke by telephone with President Talabani, Foreign Minister Zebari, and Council of Representatives Speaker Nujaifi.
The news was revealed by Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, speaking after talks with the UK prime minister.
Zebari said nearly 31, 000 Iraqis have also fled the war in Syria and returned to their native country.
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Zebari is hopeful that the agreement will be reached by the time the mandate expires at year's end.
Nevertheless, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the government is "doing its best" to spend money to improve the country.
Listen to Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi foreign minister, just a few days ago.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, also at the press conference, said he's unaware of Americans participating in such attacks.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Baghdad welcomed the "new direction" in Washington.
Mr. HOSHYAR ZEBARI (Iraqi interim foreign minister): They should be on the run most of the time or rooted out.
Instead, Mr Zebari speaks of special missions behind enemy lines in which American special forces and Kurdish peshmergas will work together.
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Zebari said it's unusual to attract leaders from all the invited countries.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Mr Fares, who defected on Wednesday, was in Qatar, a country sympathetic to the rebels.
Now, there's "solid information and intelligence" they're heading into Syria, Zebari said.
It is Iraq's biggest challenge in many years, said Zebari, pointing to the era under Saddam Hussein when Iraq was sanctioned and boycotted.
Other issues include Somalia, Yemen, the Arab-Israeli conflict, international terrorism and making the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, Zebari said.
Zebari told Jolie that the number of Syrian refugees who have fled the conflict to seek sanctuary in Iraq has risen to 21, 000.
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However, Mr Zebari said that, from his initial contacts with the Muslim countries, he detected no desire by any of them to contribute troops.
Pressed further, Mr Zebari stressed that the front was indeed active.
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All member nations plan to attend, except Syria, Zebari said Monday.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told CNN that "extremist groups have an important role in the level of violence that is going on" in Syria.
Zebari also discussed meetings he's had with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stressing that it is not in Iraq's best interest for Iran to intervene in the war.
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"I think the government has a responsibility, definitely, to care for its people, to provide services and to use the oil money for reconstruction and development, " Zebari said.
Monday is the earliest day the vote could take place, and Zebari has said the parliament will reach a decision before it takes a 15-day recess November 25.
The Kurds, says Mr Zebari, need to make sure that whatever regime takes over in Baghdad, it does not threaten them, as the Baathist regime once threatened them.
At a signing ceremony for the deal Monday morning with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called it a historic day for Iraqi-U.S. relations.
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's Kurdish foreign minister, told CNN on Sunday that he believed the only way to end the stalemate over al-Jaafari would be to put the matter before parliament.
On Tuesday, Zebari said progress was made in one aspect of the deal: Private security contractors working in Iraq would no longer receive immunity from prosecution in that country.
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