Prime Minister Receives A Phone Call From French President

Baghdad (NINA) - Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron today, Saturday. The media office of the Prime Minister said in a statement, which NINA obtained a copy of, that "during the call, frameworks for bilateral relations between Iraq and France, politically, economically, and culturally and in other fields were discussed and ways to enhance and advance them in the interest of the Iraqi and French peoples. The statement added, "The overall regional and international situation and ways to enhance calm and stability were discussed, as well as issues of common concern." For his part, Al-Kadhimi affirmed that "Iraq is continuing to build balanced cooperation and exchange relations with all international partners, away from the policy of axes and escalation." For his part, the French President praised Iraq's positions in this field and the efforts of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi that are in the interest of strengthening international security and stability, stressing his country's support for Iraq and the desire to expand cooperation, especially economically, and the desire of French companies to invest in Iraq in various sectors./ End