BAGHDAD, Oct 12 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said yesterday that, Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, is expected to pay an official visit to Britain.
A statement by the ministry said, Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, received in his office, the British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hickey, and the two discussed al-Kadhimi’s visit to Britain, without giving further details about the date of the visit.
“They also touched on developments of issues of common interests in the region and the world,” the brief statement said.
Hussein also said, the Iraqi government has taken security measures to provide a suitable environment for the work of all diplomatic missions in Baghdad.
Unidentified militant groups frequently fire mortar rounds on Iraqi military bases housing U.S.-led coalition forces, as well as, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the main Iraqi government offices and some foreign embassies are located.
Britain is part of a U.S.-led international coalition, tasked with helping the Iraqi security forces in the fight against the Daesh militants by carrying out airstrikes against their positions, in Iraq and Syria, as well as, providing military equipment and training for Iraqi forces.– NNN-NINA
