Al-Kadhimi condemns the assassination of Shinzo Abe

Baghdad-INA 

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi condemned, on Friday, the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stressing that political violence is unacceptable and results in nothing but destruction.

Al-Kadhimi said in a tweet on his account on Twitter, followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "We offer our condolences to the friendly government and people of Japan and the family of the deceased, with the departure of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and we recall his positions in support of democracy in Iraq, and we condemn in the strongest terms the treacherous crime of his assassination.".

He added, "Political violence is unacceptable and results in nothing but destruction and tragedies for the history of peoples."
Today, Friday, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, offered his condolences on the death of Shinzo Abe, following the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan during his campaign speech in the city of Nara this morning.