PM: The Commonalities Bring Iraq Together With The EU Open More Opportunities For Cooperation In The Future

Baghdad / NINA / - Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi received, today, Sunday, the Ambassador of the European Union to Iraq, Fille Variola, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Al-Kadhimi said: The Commonalities that bring Iraq together with the European Union open up more opportunities for cooperation in the future, describing relations with the European Union countries as long-term strategic relations. Ambassador Variola congratulated Al-Kadhimi on Iraq's success in removing its name from the list of high-risk countries in the field of terrorism financing and money laundering, and considered this achievement as evidence of the success of his policy in the field of anti-corruption, and the integrity of Iraqi financial and banking procedures and the effectiveness of efforts to reform them, stressing that this step will pave the way for a greater degree of trade and investment exchange between Iraq and European countries. The European Union ambassador pointed to the growing positive regional role of Iraq, pointing to a seven-year European plan aimed at providing institutional support to Iraq, assigning programs to develop financial competencies and the work of the Central Bank of Iraq./End