Al-Sudani confirms Iraq's intention to initiate partnership and investment with Italy and Europe

INA-  Baghdad 

Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani held official talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her accompanying delegation, after her arrival in the capital, Baghdad, on Friday morning on an official visit.


 The statement of the Prime Minister's Media Office, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "the discussions included files of cooperation in the fields of agriculture and health, and various aspects of economic and trade exchange."

 Al-Sudani "expressed his appreciation of the Italian role within the international coalition to fight ISIS," stressing "Iraq's intention to initiate paths of partnership and investment with Italy and all European Union countries."

 For her part, the Italian Prime Minister affirmed that "a strong Iraq is a condition for the prosperity and stability of the Middle East region," indicating that "her official visit to Iraq represents the beginning of distinguished relations linking the two friendly peoples, the Iraqi and the Italian."