Saleh: The region faces challenges that require cooperation to overcome imbalances and tensions

Baghdad-INA


President Barham Saleh said Thursday that the region faces challenges that require cooperation to overcome imbalances and tensions through dialogue.
 
" President Barham Saleh, received Russian Ambassador to Iraq Bruce Kotrashev that During the meeting, relations between the two countries and ways to develop them in all fields were discussed, the importance of strengthening cooperation in the field of security and defense, as well as a review of trade, economic and cultural cooperation in the common interests of the two friendly peoples, and the regional situation was also discussed," the presidential media office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

"The region faces several challenges and we should work to overcome differences and ease imbalances through dialogue," Saleh said, noting that "Iraq's openness to its regional environment is aimed at establishing security and stability, and that Iraq's stability, security and sovereignty are an integral part of the security and peace of the region."