Iraq's governing council chief Ahmed Chalabi may attend the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Malaysia next month following requests from members, a report said Sunday.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was quoted by the New Sunday Times as saying OIC members, including Iraq, had requested that the country be represented at the October 16-18 summit.

"Iraq has requested that it wants to come. We just have to be informed who is to represent the country," he said.

The summit of the 57-nation organisation is to be held in Malaysia's new government capital of Putrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur.

Still under occupation

Syed Hamid earlier this month said Iraq's US-backed council was unlikely to attend despite its acceptance by the Arab League because the country was still under occupation.

The Arab League has received Iraq's governing council into its fold despite having initially refused to deal with a government set up under a US-led military occupation.

The offer was made on the condition that the council, appointed in July by the US-led coalition, undertakes to speed up the formation of an elected government to seek an end to the occcupation of Iraq.

The Malaysian government fiercely opposed the US-led war on Iraq and has called for a greater UN role in rebuilding the country. - AFP