BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Tuesday, said that, he will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (today), to promote bilateral relations.
“I will go to Saudi Arabia with a large number of businessmen, as we are in front of a major shift in our relations with Saudi Arabia,” Mahdi told a press conference, after a weekly cabinet meeting.
“The visit will witness discussing new agreements, in addition to raising the level of economic cooperation between the two countries,” he said.
“The economic agreements will be complementary to the understandings of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council,” he added.
Meanwhile, the prime minister revealed that, he will pay official visits to France and Germany, before the holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to begin in early May.
Relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia have improved, since Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad in 2016, after 25 years of closure.– NNN-NINA
