The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in Islamabad receives the Director General of International Relations in the Pakistani Parliament.

H.E. Mr. Hamid Abbas Lafta, the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in Islamabad, has received, on 7/3/2022, Mr. Waseem Iqbal, Director General of International Relations in the Pakistani Parliament, at the embassy headquarters.

Both sides discussed mechanisms to develop parliamentary cooperation between the Iraqi and Pakistani legislative authorities, and consulted on various issues related to international parliamentary forums, and ways to achieve common interests that serve the two friendly countries.

The ways to activate the parliamentary friendship committee between the Iraqi and Pakistani parliaments has also been discussed because of its importance in consolidating parliamentary cooperation between the two sides.

Mr. Iqbal disclosed the imminent achievement of an official visit by a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to Iraq for the purpose to congratulate upon the success of the recent Iraqi elections and the selection of a new parliament.