Iraq and Saudi Arabia assert supporting peaceful solutions in the region

INA – BAGHDAD
 
Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan affirmed on Monday, supporting peaceful solutions that would achieve security and stability in the region and advance the course of cooperation.
 
"Hussain received a phone call from bin Farhan, and the two sides discussed coordination and continuous consultation in various fields, in order to achieve common goals for the good and interest of the peoples of the two countries,” said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
 They also discussed the importance of intensifying work towards creating new horizons for bilateral cooperation.
 
Al-Sahaf added that "the two sides exchanged visions and assessment on the overall developments of regional issues of interest to both sides, facing the various challenges facing the region, and advancing peaceful solutions that would achieve security and stability, and advance the process of cooperation to achieve the aspirations of peace and development,"
 
According to the statement, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan requested Iraq's support for Saudi Arabia to host the World Expo in Riyadh in 2030.
 
For his part, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein affirmed Iraq's readiness to support the Kingdom in holding the Expo 2030 in Riyadh, expressing confidence in the Kingdom's ability and commitment to establish a historic version of the World Expo with the highest levels of innovation, and to provide an unprecedented global experience in the history of organizing this global forum.