Al-Kadhimi to INA: Iraq regains the cultural role today

Photography: Safa Alwan

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi attended on Wednesday, the opening of the Iraq International Book Fair on Baghdad International Fair.

"Today, with the ongoing holding of book fairs, Iraq is regaining its cultural role, which declined in the era of dictatorship," Al-Kadhimi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA). 

He added, "We hope that the book fairs that are held in Baghdad, Basra and the Kurdistan region, contribute to restoring Iraq's role in the fields of culture, politics and economy as well,"