Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Meets Egypt and Jordan Foreign Ministers

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, met with Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Mr. Sameh Shoukry, and of Jordan, Mr. Ayman Al Safadi, on the sidelines of the foreign ministers’ preparatory meeting for the Council of the Arab League at the 33rd Arab Summit in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

This consultative meeting comes within the framework of establishing a cooperation mechanism between Iraq, Egypt and Jordan.

At the start of the meeting, Minister Fuad Hussein stressed Iraq’s firm stance towards the developments in the region, especially the Palestinian issue, emphasizing Iraq’s government firm stance in supporting stability in the region, indicating that the trilateral cooperation aims to link the interests of these countries, as well as is considered a model for joint Arab action across various fields, and the exchange of experiences between them. During the meeting, they agreed on holding a meeting of ministers concerned with industrial cooperation and integration in the shortest possible time, in addition agreeing on preparing a general secretariat for the trilateral cooperation mechanism.