11.   American and British diplomats were not expected to take part because neither country maintains an embassy in Baghdad.

12.   Its government maintains embassies around the world, runs an independent postal system and mints its own coins.

13.   Like most nations, the United States has maintained its embassy in Tel Aviv.

14.   Most countries, including the United States, do not recognize the annexation and maintain embassies in Tel Aviv.

15.   Most countries, including the United States, have never recognized the annexation and maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.

16.   Most nations maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.

17.   Only a handful of countries maintain their embassies in Jerusalem.

18.   Spain does not maintain an embassy in Rwanda.

19.   Spain has not maintained an embassy in Sierra Leone for several years for security reasons, the spokesman said.

20.   That would effectively rule out Britons and Americans because their governments do not maintain embassies in Baghdad.