The ministerial-level meeting of countries neighbouring Iraq and world powers will be held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on May 3-4.
Baqeri said Iran wants the conference to be held in Iraq.
A regional security meeting on Iraq that was hailed as a "good first step" -- and which included participation by U.S., Iranian, and Syrian representatives -- was held in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on March 10.
(AFP)
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