PM: We Succeeded In Developing Active Diplomacy ... And Reducing The Number Of Foreign Forces By 60%

Baghdad (NINA)- Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said during his visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, "Diplomacy and dialogue are the two real forces to protect people and keep away from wars, and it is our only chance to get out of the cycle of conflicts, and the alternative to it is the madness of wars and the devastation that this country has suffered from for many decades." Al-Kadhimi said that soft power must take its course, as the weapons that Iraq possessed did not lead it to anything but destruction, futile wars and hostilities. Al-Kadhimi added that "we are in the Iraqi situation facing complex crises of political, economic, social and cultural dimensions, and we must make the most of our international relations and international support to help overcome them and mitigate many of the effects because of the circumstances that Iraq went through. Al-Kadhimi said, “We have succeeded in developing active diplomacy during the period of this government, as we have activated the strategic dialogue with the United States, and we have moved towards focusing on economic, diplomatic and cultural cooperation. We have also succeeded in reducing the number of foreign forces by sixty percent. / End