Vice Foreign Minister Zhai said Iraq is one of the first Arab countries to establish diplomatic ties with China and the two peoples share a profound traditional friendship.

翟隽副外长表示，伊拉克是最早同中国建交的阿拉伯国家之一，两国人民之间有着深厚的传统友谊。

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Glyn Davies, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, will meet Feb. 23 with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Monday.

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Ms Dastjerdi was the first woman minister of the Islamic republic, although a woman did serve as vice-president for the environment under Mohammad Khatami.

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