Al-Kadhimi calls on Christian immigrants to return to Iraq

 
INA – Baghdad 
 
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called on Christian immigrants and the rest of the Iraqi sects to return to Iraq.
 
Al-Kadhimi received a delegation of bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church, headed by His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Louis Raphael I Sako, which includes a number from various governorates of Iraq, neighboring countries, Europe, and America, according to a statement by the media office of the Prime Minister, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
"The work of clerics and social leaders is important in preserving the feature of diversity in the Iraqi society, which is a wealth and an element of enrichment, as well as one of the features of the Mesopotamian civilizational extension," stressed Al-Kadhimi during the meeting.
 
He pointed out that "the Christian presence in Iraq is one of the most important pillars of this deep diversity, which today contributes to the protection of the democratic system, and provides solutions to political differences," noting that "the values of true Iraqi citizenship are the sincere protection of all sects and nationalities, under the identity Iraqi,''
 
The Prime Minister recalled the historic visit of His Holiness the Pope to Iraq, and ''how it stimulated important positive repercussions for supporting Iraqi diversity, especially the Iraqi Christian spectrum,"
 
He called on immigrants from Christians from the rest of the Iraqi sects to return to Iraq, ''the country of all," stressing on providing full support to facilitate this return and stability.
 
For his part, Patriarch Sako affirmed his "full support for the government's approach in dealing wisely and calmly with crises and challenges, as well as providing sound and rational solutions," 
 
He expressing his thanks and appreciation for ''the government's efforts made during the past year, moving forward with the implementation of reforms, and overcoming the challenges that our Iraqi people faced,''