 Protesters raised the Iraqi flag over the Jordanian embassy |
Iraq has returned its ambassador to Jordan as part of steps to defuse a diplomatic row between both countries. The move follows King Abdullah of Jordan's decision on Monday to send his chief envoy to Iraq back to Baghdad.
A dispute had erupted amid Iraqi protests at the reported involvement of a Jordanian citizen in a suicide bombing in Hilla in February.
Amman withdrew Charge d'Affaires Damai Haddad on Sunday, saying the protests had made it unsafe for him to remain.
Mr Haddad's return to Baghdad was announced in Algiers by Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez.
It came after he had met President Ghazi Yawar of Iraq on the eve of this week's Arab League summit.
Bomb celebrations
Shia Muslim groups in Iraq were angered by reports that the family of Raed Mansour al-Banna had held celebrations after he carried out a suicide bombing which killed 125 people in Hilla, south of Baghdad, on 28 February.
Demonstrations were held outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad on Friday and an Iraqi flag was raised over the building while Jordanian flags were burnt.
Baghdad then withdrew its ambassador to Jordan, saying it reflected the anger felt by many Iraqis at Jordan's perceived attitude to the insurgency.
"The Iraqi ambassador, Ata Abdul-Wahab, has now returned to Amman," Iraqi embassy press attache Hanna Murad told The Associated Press news agency.
Banna's family have now denied that he carried out the Hilla attack, saying only that he was responsible for a suicide attack somewhere in Iraq.
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