Talabani interjected and volunteered to answer the question, saying: “This issue has been discussed earlier and the presence of those as a terrorist organisation is constitutionally not allowed. We will endeavor to get rid of them out of the Iraqi territory soon.”

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press that Ahmadinejad plans to leave on Monday morning. Ahmadinejad went from his session with Talabani to a meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Both of the Iraqi leaders have made official visits to Iran since taking office.

The U.S. has said it will have no involvement in Ahmadinejad’s visit. Ahmadinejad arrived in Iraq a day after Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit with commanders and Iraqi officials. The US has tried to downplay Ahmadinejad’s visit, saying it welcomed Iran’s stated policy of promoting stability but that its actions have doing just the opposite.

US President George W. Bush denied that Ahmadinejad’s visit undermined US efforts to isolate Tehran but had some advice for what al-Maliki should say to the Iranian leader. “He’s a neighbour. And the message needs to be, quit sending in sophisticated equipment that’s killing our citizens,” Bush told reporters at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.