President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid affirmed, on Tuesday, Iraq’s keenness to consolidate ways of cooperation with Britain.
The Presidency’s Media Department stated, in a statement received by Al-Rasheed, that “President Rasheed received, at Al-Salam Palace in Baghdad, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hitchen, and stressed during the meeting, Iraq’s keenness to strengthen its relations with the United Kingdom, and to consolidate ways of bilateral cooperation in a way that serves mutual interests, noting the need to intensify international efforts to promote peace and stability at the regional and international levels.”
The President indicated, according to the statement, that “the Presidency of the Republic is continuously working to end the file of detainees whose sentences have expired through the committee formed by the Presidency of the Republic, the Ministries of Interior and Justice, and the Supreme Judicial Council, where approximately nine thousand detainees have been released.”
The President of the Republic stressed, “The importance of working to follow up on the implementation of the decisions of the Supreme Committee to implement the Constitutional Article (140), resolve issues related to agricultural lands, and address demographic changes in a way that guarantees the rights of citizens in Kirkuk through the application of the law.”
The President touched on the relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region, noting that “there is a desire on both sides to continue the dialogue on issues related to approving the budget and paying the dues of Kurdistan Region employees like their fellow employees, and the necessity of providing the appropriate atmosphere for holding elections in the Kurdistan Region.”
For his part, Ambassador Hitchin affirmed, according to the statement, “the British government’s support for Iraq’s efforts in the path of establishing regional security, praising its pivotal role in consolidating the foundations of peace in the region, and praising the role of the President of the Republic in bringing the views of Iraqi political forces closer together.”
