Iran Press/Middle East: In his first visit as vice president, Pence visited American troops at Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq's Anbar province, but was not expected to travel to the capital. He also traveled to Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish leaders, for talks with officials there.
Iraqi officials told AFP that Pence spoke to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi by telephone.
"There won't be a meeting as they had a phone call. The prime minister isn't going to Anbar to meet Pence," one source said.
Iraqi President Barham Saleh's office told AFP it was not aware Pence was coming to Iraq and had no meeting planned. The US embassy said it had no details to share.
Pence did meet Iraqi Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani and his prime minister Masrour Barzani in Arbil, the Kurdish presidency said, publishing pictures of the encounters.
The visit echoed President Donald Trump's own surprise trip to Ain al-Asad a year ago, where he briefly met troops just after Christmas but controversially did not see officials in Baghdad.
Trump's visit was veiled in such secrecy that there was speculation most Iraqi authorities had not been told he president was coming.
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