Baghdad, September 17, SPA -- US Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with the President of the Autonomous region of Kurdistan Massoud Barzani in Arbil on Thursday, according to media reports. Biden and Barzani will discuss ways of boosting US-Iraq relations, US-Kurdish relations and relations between Baghdad and Arbil, the director of foreign relations department in Kurdistan, FalahMoustafa, told the Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraqi president Jalal Talabani arrived Thursday in Arbil to meetBiden as well, Aswat al-Iraq added. Biden arrived in Iraq Tuesday and met with officials includingAyad al-Samarrai, speaker of the parliament and Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/700997