Ambassador Mohammad Jaafar al-Sadr meets the British Minister of State, Lord Tariq Ahmed

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, His Excellency Ambassador Mohammad Jaafar al-Sadr met with the Minister of State for Middle East and South Asian Affairs and the United Nations in the Ministry, Lord Tariq Ahmed, at the headquarters of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, at the request of the latter.

During the meeting, they reviewed the cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance them, a number of other issues of common interest were discussed, particularly the efforts to form the new Iraqi government and cooperation.

The British minister affirmed the United Kingdom’s support for Iraq in all fields and praised Iraq’s efforts and its role in achieving regional stability and the measures taken by Iraq in respect of the rights of the victims of ISIS, including the Yazidis and other Iraqi ethnic groups.