Foreign Ministry: The Pope's Upcoming Visit Is Historic And Exceptional, And Will Contribute To Supporting Society And State And Enhance Iraq's Status In Int'l Forums

Baghdad / NINA / -The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the Pope's upcoming visit to Iraq as historic and exceptional, and that it will contribute to supporting society and the state and enhance Iraq's status in international forums. A Foreign Ministry statement said today that the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nizar Al-Khairallah, met with Patriarch Cardinal Mar Louis Raphael Sacco, President of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the world, and during the meeting, shared visions were exchanged and coordination and cooperation discussed to create the appropriate atmosphere for the forthcoming visit of His Holiness to Iraq, stressing the importance of the visit, describing it historical and exceptional, and that it will contribute to the support of society and the state and strengthen the position of Iraq in international forums. Al-Khairallah pointed to the necessity of working to show cultural and religious diversity, and the need to preserve it because it represents a point of strength for Iraqi society. For his part, Patriarch Cardinal Mar Louis Raphael Sacco stressed the importance of the visit to Iraq as a state, and not limited to a component, taking into account the importance of rapprochement between religions, coexistence and spreading peace and love ./ End