BEIRUT, Jun 2 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon and Iraq, yesterday, agreed to bolster legal and judicial cooperation between their justice ministries.
The cooperation, agreed upon during a meeting between Lebanese Justice Minister, Henri Khoury, and his visiting Iraqi counterpart, Salar Abdul Sattar Muhammad, includes judicial notifications, penal fields and extradition issues between the two countries.
“The Iraqi and Lebanese justice ministries have authentic and deep-rooted relations … We must collaborate, cooperate and support each other, in international and regional forums and in the League of Arab States,” said Muhammad.
For his part, Khoury said, his ministry’s relation with the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq is very special, highlighting Lebanon’s aspiration to “further consolidate these ties in the near future.”– NNN-NNA
