Le Drian arrives in Baghdad

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  • 16-07-2020, 11:57
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    Baghdad - INA

     

     The French foreign minister arrived in the capital Baghdad on an official visit

     The Iraqi News Agency (INA) correspondent stated today, Thursday, that "French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has arrived in the capital, Baghdad, on an official visit."

     

     Yesterday, Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry's official spokesman, Al-Sahaf, revealed the most prominent axes of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Baghdad.

     Al-Sahaf told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein will receive his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is conducting an official visit in which he will meet a number of officials in Iraq, including the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, as well as the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jeanine Blaskhardt.

     He added that the Foreign Minister will discuss with his French counterpart the strengthening of cooperation in various fields, including health, electricity and culture, as well as discussing the most common challenges and opportunities available to support Iraq, the government and the people.

     He pointed out that the French Foreign Minister will submit offers for projects through which the French side hopes to cooperate with Iraq, taking into consideration the circumstances of Iraq and the international economic crisis the world is going through in the pandemic (Corona) pandemic.