Berlin, Aug 14, SPA -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has extended an invitation to Iraqi interim Prime Minister AyadAllawi to visit Berlin, which the leader has excepted, theGerman government said Saturday. A date has not yet been set for the visit, a governmentspokesman said on customary condition of anonymity. Allawi told "Der Spiegel" newsweekly that he expected totalk with Schroeder _ who opposed the war on Iraq _ aboutgetting help rebuilding the country, including forgivingIraqi debts. Germany now trains Iraqi police officers in the UnitedArab Emirates, and is considering extending training tomilitary personnel. Interim Iraqi President ghazi al-Yawer is already expectedto make a visit to Berlin on Sept. 9, during a Europeantrip.--SPA1530 Local Time 1230 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/191831
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