Baghdad, The Iraqi Ambassador to London, Muhammad Jaafar al-Sadr, met with the Speaker of the British Parliament, Lindsey Howell, at Parliament headquarters.
A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: "During the meeting, the Ambassador appreciated the efforts made by the United Kingdom to combat the terrorist organization ISIS through its participation in the international coalition, expressing Iraq's desire to cooperate with the British side in various fields."
The Ambassador also welcomed the re-formation of All Parties for Iraq group in the British Parliament and expressed his aspiration for the group's members to visit Iraq to open horizons for parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.
The Ambassador stressed that Iraq will not be part of the axes in the region, but rather seeks to be a meeting point for all parties on its land, and that this desire culminated in the holding of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership in Baghdad in 2021, just as the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani to Kuwait, Jordan and Iran is a realistic reflection of this strategy.
The Ambassador presented the Iraqi flag to the Speaker of Parliament to be among the flags of other countries inside the British Parliament building.
For his part, Lindsey Howell expressed the United Kingdom's desire to provide full support to Iraq to assume its leading role in the region, and the United Kingdom's aspiration for Iraq to enjoy security, stability, independence and prosperity, pointing to the importance of Iraq adopting an active role to limit destabilizing external interference in the region.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
