Al-Kaabi stresses the necessity of activating all memoranda of understanding with Azerbaijan

BAGHDAD - INA
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, stressed today, Thursday, the necessity of activating all memoranda of understanding with Azerbaijan.
His media office stated, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Al-Kaabi received the ambassador of the State of Azerbaijan in Baghdad, Naseer Mamdouf, and his accompanying delegation." 
Al-Kaabi said: “Relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan are historical because of a number of ties between the two peoples, especially the scientific and religious ones. The city of Najaf and Karbala was and still is a destination for religious tourism for the Azerbaijani people as well as those studying in the hawza in Najaf, corresponding to the presence of a large number of Iraqi students currently in Universities in Baku and the volume of tourism exchange. "
He continued, "The exchange of visits at the parliamentary level has witnessed a remarkable decline over the past years," stressing that "a high-ranking parliamentary delegation will visit Azerbaijan during the next few days, and there will be many files under study between the two sides, especially the activation of more than 15 memoranda of understanding, which it is hoped for." Signing it between the two countries during the current year and early next year. "