Baghdad  - The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi arrived Saturday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad where she was due to meet with Iraq's Premier Nuri al-Maliki, government sources said.

Sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that Pelosi would also meet with Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and other Iraqi leaders, during her visit.

Pelosi visited Israel to mark the 60th anniversary of the country's establishment on Friday. (dpa)