<p>Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed on Thursday, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle issued a statement saying that Talabani, the 79-year-old Kurdish statesman who has acted as a mediator between Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, was in Germany.<br /><br />Sources told Reuters that Talabani was being treated at Berlin’s Charite hospital. A black Mercedes with Iraqi diplomatic license plates was seen leaving the Virchow campus of Charite on Thursday morning.<br /><br />“I can confirm that the Iraqi President Talabani is in Germany for medical treatment,” Westerwelle said. “I wish him a rapid and full recovery.”<br /><br />Talabani was admitted to hospital in Iraq on Monday night and his office said earlier that his health had improved and he was being transferred outside the country.</p>
<p>Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed on Thursday, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle issued a statement saying that Talabani, the 79-year-old Kurdish statesman who has acted as a mediator between Iraq’s Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds, was in Germany.<br /><br />Sources told Reuters that Talabani was being treated at Berlin’s Charite hospital. A black Mercedes with Iraqi diplomatic license plates was seen leaving the Virchow campus of Charite on Thursday morning.<br /><br />“I can confirm that the Iraqi President Talabani is in Germany for medical treatment,” Westerwelle said. “I wish him a rapid and full recovery.”<br /><br />Talabani was admitted to hospital in Iraq on Monday night and his office said earlier that his health had improved and he was being transferred outside the country.</p>