Baghdad - Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad al-Khalifa arrived Saturday in Iraq on an unannounced visit.

The minister is expected to meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari for official talks at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.

Three Arab countries have decided to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. UAE, Kuwait and Jordan have each named ambassadors to Iraq. (dpa)