Salih and Tueller stress the importance of easing tensions and rejecting escalation

politics

7-01-2021, 14:38

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Baghdad - INA

The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, discussed today, Thursday, with the US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller, the context of the existing strategic dialogue between the two countries, while they stressed the importance of easing tensions and rejecting escalation.

A statement by the Presidency of the Republic received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) stated that "the President of the Republic received, at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, the US ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller, to discuss relations between the two friendly countries."

He added, "The meeting also discussed developing prospects for cooperation in various fields within the context of the existing strategic dialogue between the two countries, in a way that achieves common interests, in addition to discussing developments in the country."