Sheikh Hamoudi: Austria's positions towards Gaza created a good Iraqi popular impression

Baghdad-INA 
The head of the Supreme Council, Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, confirmed today, Monday, that Austria's positions towards Gaza created a good Iraqi popular impression.
 
A statement by the Supreme council, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "the head of the Supreme Council, Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, received the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Iraq, Andrea Nasi, and exchanged views on ways to strengthen relations between the two countries, and the tension witnessed by the region and the world."
Sheikh Hamoudi stressed during the meeting that "what the Netherlands recently witnessed requires European countries not to deal with their peoples based on a political background linked to prior accusations such as anti-Semitism, but rather according to the law and the facts of the event itself, so as not to lose their internal stability."
  Hamoudi added that "Austria's positions towards Gaza created a good Iraqi popular impression, and this opens up more opportunities for cooperation, development of interests, and expansion of economic exchange."
He continued: "We hope to strengthen popular diplomacy, with a parliamentary and popular friendship committee, cultural exchange and cooperation between universities, and the health sector, especially in light of the signing of a direct air transport agreement between the two countries, and the implementation of important irrigation projects."
For his part, Nasi stressed that "Austria is the first country within the international coalition that has committed to moving its relations with Iraq to bilateral relations, as stated in the government program."