Al-Sudani and Macron stress the importance of directing all efforts towards stopping the war

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and French President Emmanuel Macron stressed today, Saturday, the importance of directing all efforts towards stopping the war and providing relief to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples.

The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, discussing bilateral relations between the two countries, in addition to discussing issues related to the current situation in the region and continuing to coordinate positions at this critical stage that the region and the world are going through."

He added, "The phone call addressed the call recently launched by President Macron to stop supplying weapons to the occupying entity in its aggressive war against Gaza and Lebanon, and stressing the importance of supporting this initiative and expanding the scope of work on it, especially since the ongoing war on the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples with what it represents in terms of attacks against humanity requires a serious position by the international community." He

continued, "The two sides stressed the importance of directing all efforts towards stopping the war and providing relief to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, who are being subjected to direct aggressive attacks."

The Prime Minister affirmed, according to the statement, "Iraq's readiness to participate in a conference that the French President will call for in Paris to mobilize international and regional efforts to establish security in the region, undermine the effects of the aggressive war and its repercussions, and reduce the losses that will result from it on the economic and social levels," stressing, "Iraq's move to hold a similar conference in the capital, Baghdad."

The statement indicated that "the call witnessed discussions on developing bilateral relations between the two countries, in light of the joint declaration to end the presence of the international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq."

The French President affirmed, according to the statement, "France's commitment to the timetables and the transition to constructive bilateral relations, especially in the economic field, reiterating France's desire to strengthen the presence of its companies to work in Iraq."