By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has received the credentials of Mr. Somit Nakindla the new Ambassador accredited to the Republic of Sri Lanka in Iraq. The Minister welcomed the guest and stressed the importance of developing and relations between the two countries, and expressed the ministry's readiness to provide support for the success […]
The British Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, officially opened the new Visa Application Centre in Baghdad along with the Foreign Minister of Iraq, His Excellency Hoshyar Zebari. For the first time, members of the Iraqi public are now able to apply for UK visas from Baghdad. In comments made at the […]
By John Lee. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari has met with Jana Hybáškova, Head of the European Union Mission in Iraq. During the meeting, the two sides discussed relations between Iraq and the European Union and ways to develop them under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed between the two sides and was approved […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid, in Riyadh to discuss relations between the two countries. Amongst the issues discussed were the compensation due to Kuwaiti Airways, the endorsement of the joint administration agreement for the navigation of the Khor Abdullah, and the start of the […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met the Swedish Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Jörgen Lindström, in the Ministry buildings on Thursday. During the meeting they discussed economic and commercial relations and the mutual visits between officials of the two countries. They also discussed the Syrian crisis and the situation of Syrian refugees in neighboring […]
By John Lee. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, has received a copy of the credentials of new the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Massimo Marotti, at a ceremony on Sunday morning. During the meeting, they discussed the developing relations between the two countries and their people in all areas, and the Minister […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has met with Mr. Martin Kobler, Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNAMI) in Iraq. During the meeting they discussed the mandate of the UN Mission in Iraq and its role in helping Iraq, and the role of the Mission to assist in the upcoming electoral […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has met with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Ni Jian. The two sides discussed the developing relations between the countries and ways of enhancing them . The Minister conveyed a letter from the Iraqi government to the Chinese Ambassador about the ongoing deliberations at the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, met the Serbian Ambassador to Iraq, Radisav Petrovic, on Wednesday. During the meeting, Minister Zebari called on the Serbian investment companies to contribute in Iraq's reconstruction. The Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Bilateral Relations, Head of the Europe Department, and the Minister's Office Manager also attended the […]
By John Lee. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Krishenko and his accompanying delegation in recent days. The two sides held talks on strengthening bilateral relations and ways of developing them, which coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of relations between Iraq and Ukraine. They signed a joint statement on […]
By John Lee. The new Syrian Ambassador in Baghdad, Sattam Jadaan Al Dandah, presented his credentials to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two countries and peoples, in addition to the developments of the Syrian crisis. The Minister stressed the ministry's readiness to provide assistance and support […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ambassador to Austria, Surood Rashid Najib, has met the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, and notified him that the Iraqi authorities have ratified the additional protocol to their comprehensive safeguards agreement and it has therefore entered into force. […]
