Iraq, Pakistan stress on significance of creating a secure international environment for economic growth

Baghdad-INA

Foreign Minister Fouad Hussain and President of Pakistan Arif Alvi stressed Wednesday the importance of creating a safe international environment for economic growth.
 
A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, received Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, and his accompanying delegation, on the sidelines of his participation in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in its 48th session, which is holding its work In the Pakistani capital, Islamabad," noting that "the minister conveyed the greetings of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, to the President of the Pakistani Republic."
 
The statement added that "during the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between Baghdad and Islamabad, and ways of enhancing them in a manner that achieves the interests of the two friendly peoples, noting that "the meeting was attended by the Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations Qahtan Taha Khalaf, Head of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences Abbas Kadhim Obaid, the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Pakistan Hamid Abbas Lafta, and Director of the Islamic Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor Tamara Mahmoud."
 
According to the statement, the minister offered "congratulations to the leadership and people of the Republic of Pakistan on the occasion of the Pakistani National Day, and discussed the reality of regional and international relations and the crises they are going through."
For his part, the President of the Republic of Pakistan stressed "the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to advance them in various fields in a manner that serves the interests of the two friendly countries, and the importance of exchanging visits between officials of the two countries at all levels."