Meeting of the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mubarka, with his Bulgarian counterpart, Mr. Georgi Glushkov

The Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mubarka, met with his Bulgarian counterpart, Mr.
Georgi Glushkov, at the building of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Sofia, in the presence of the
Deputy Minister, Mr. Petar Mladenov, the Director of the Directorate “European Programs, Projects and
International Cooperation”, Mrs. Teodorina Todorova, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to
Bulgaria, H.E. Mrs. Lina Omar.
The meeting aimed to discuss ways to strengthen and develop joint bilateral cooperation in the field of
youth and sports between the two friendly countries, aiming to generate the energy of young people

through the exchange of experience and training programs in the field of sports infrastructure, which, as
noted, has been characterized by serious development in the last two years.
The two sides also touched upon the need to accelerate the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding
in the field of youth and sports, which will contribute to increasing the level of joint cooperation between
the two countries. At the end of the meeting, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mubarka extended an invitation to Mr.
Georgi Glushkov to visit Iraq in the near future.