Al-Jaafari Appreciates The UAE's Staunch Positions To Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq (NINA) - Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari praised the staunch positions of the United Arab Emirates to support Iraq. "Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari concluded his visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi to preside over the ninth meeting of the joint Iraqi-UAE committee and meet with a number of UAE officials," a Foreign Ministry statement said. "The UAE has embraced the Iraqi initiatives since 2003 in the time of Sheikh Zayed, and has stood in its positions with Iraq, and extinguished the debts, and its position was honorable, in addition to its political positions in the Arab League for Iraq." He said: "We believe that the UAE is a country that is economically, politically and economically well; it has an excellent qualitative weight; its attribution to Iraq carries more than one significance. In addition, the Ninth Joint Committee held a meeting between the Republic of Iraq and the UAE, and signed memoranda of understanding, including: a memorandum of political consultation, cultural cooperation, as well as aspects of investment. " He added: "The visit included the meeting with officials in the UAE." We had a meeting with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash. " "Talks reviewed the latest developments, defeating Daesh, and developments that followed, and some of the new challenges that appeared on the horizon of Iraq recently, including the issue of the referendum of Kurdistan." "The UAE side has shown excellent understanding and interaction with the issues presented by us," he said. "We discussed several files of a political and economic nature that would further strengthen relations and open prospects for cooperation between us and the UAE."/ End