The President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, received, today, Monday, at Al-Salam Palace in Baghdad, the credentials of the new ambassadors to Bahrain, Khaled Ahmed Al-Mansour, to Malta, George Saeed Zammit, to Portugal, Fernando de Uri, and to Angola, Jose Martinez.

During his meeting with the ambassadors separately, the President affirmed Iraq’s aspiration to establish advanced and balanced relations with neighboring countries and the world based on mutual respect and serious cooperation in many fields to serve common interests.

He expressed, according to a presidential statement, his wishes to the new ambassadors for success in performing their duties, and for the continuation of the existing pace of coordination and consultation between Iraq and their countries on various topics and issues of common interest.

For their part, the ambassadors expressed their countries’ desire to strengthen relations with Iraq and develop them in all fields, expressing their full eagerness to make more efforts
to consolidate cooperation in a way that serves mutual interests.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency