Jordan envoy takes up Iraq post

The position of envoy has not been filled since the 2003 embassy attack

The new Jordanian ambassador to Iraq has taken up his post in Baghdad.

Nayef Zeidan's is the first such appointment since a bomb attack on the Jordanian embassy in 2003, in which at least 11 people were killed.

A number of other Arab states have recently moved to upgrade their diplomatic presence in Iraq, as a result of security improvements.

This week, Syria - a sworn enemy of Saddam Hussein's government- sent its first envoy to Iraq for three decades.

Mr Zeidan arrived in Baghdad and presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, reports said quoting foreign ministry officials.