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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, received on October 22, 2013 Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Turkish Parliament, Volkan Bozkir, the delegation accompanying him, and the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Faruk Kaymakci. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation between the Iraqi and Turkish parliaments […]
By Matthew Gayle. According to UPI, Iraqi officials are saying that the military has started taking delivery of Russian arms as part of a landmark $4.3 billion contract signed in October 2012. The officials have not specified which systems have arrived in Iraq or when, but UPI's sources say it's understood they include 10 fully […]
On October 20th, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft hosted a business roundtable with the representatives of several U.S. companies operating in Iraq. Although the local market presents certain challenges, there is an increasing number of substantial U.S. companies making strategic investment commitments in Iraq. The U.S. government is fully committed to increasing bilateral trade and U.S. investment […]
As part of his visit to Sweden last week, the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa conducted a number of meetings at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There he met with Ms. Ann-Sofie Nilsson, the Director General of International Development Cooperation, Ambassador Reid Bari, the Head of the Middle […]
By John Lee. Bulgarian representatives have discussed with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al Shahristani the possibility of increasing the export of Bulgarian grains, meat, eggs, vegetable oil and cigarettes to Iraq. Earlier this year, Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Mladenov opened a new Bulgarian Embassy in Baghdad; Mr Mladenov has since been appointed […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to meet US President Barack Obama at the White House on 1st November. The White House said the talks would focus on a US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) that governs relations between the country following the final US troop withdrawal in 2011. A White House statement said […]
The new Canadian Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, Mr Bruno Saccomani, said his country has a six-month plan to strengthen ties with the Kurdistan Region and aims to open an embassy office in Erbil next year. In his meeting with President Masoud Barzani, Ambassador Saccomani announced plans to considerably increase bilateral ties between both sides. […]
The Danish Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Gert Meinecke, met with KRG Minister Falah Mustafa and other officials from the Department of Foreign Relations yesterday to announce that Danish companies will be participating in the progress and development of the Kurdistan Region. Ambassador Meinecke visited the Region last month and met with President Masoud Barzani and […]
The UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy, Lord Marland and the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Interior Minister, Abdul-Karim Sinjari, have officially opened the new UK Visa Application Centre in Erbil. The opening of the centre marks the first time that Iraqis in Kurdistan are able to apply for a UK visa from Erbil and further strengthens […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Russia, Mr. Ilya Murgunov, on 7th October. During the meeting, they discussed strengthening relations between the two countries and the results of discussions with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mr. Sergei Lavrov, recently in New York […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in an exclusive written interview with Al-Monitor, said that Iraq supports a “transitional government that will manage affairs until elections are held and a constitution is […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister of Romania, Mr. Titus Kurlaan, received the Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and his accompanying delegation on Thursday. Minister Zebari and his team were on an official visit to Romania to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the establishment the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The two sides held talks […]
