The President of the Republic receives the British Ambassador to Iraq

Baghdad-INA  
President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid stressed today, Wednesday, the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and the United Kingdom.
 
 
The Presidency's Media Department said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, received at Baghdad Palace the British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Charles Hitchen."
During the meeting, the President stressed: "The importance of strengthening bilateral relations between Iraq and the United Kingdom, expanding the prospects of economic, investment and technological cooperation, and joint work to confront climate and environmental changes."
The President pointed out that "the security and political stability witnessed by the country and their positive repercussions on the economic, service and living aspects," stressing "Iraq's keenness to establish balanced relations with its regional surroundings in accordance with the principles of good neighborliness and in a way that preserves its security, stability and national sovereignty."
 For his part, the British ambassador stressed "his country's desire to strengthen relations of cooperation and friendship with Iraq and support it in the sectors of economic and social development, construction and reconstruction."