Ukraine’s Kuleba meets with Iraqi counterpart to discuss grain export, peace formula

That’s according to a report by MFA Ukraine, seen by Ukrinform.

The visit is taking place in the context of the implementation of the agreements reached during the phone call between President Vodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Iraq Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani on April 10.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy held talks in Baghdad with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein of Iraq.

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"Ukraine and Iraq are united by a long history of friendship and mutual respect. At one time, Ukrainian servicemen helped normalize the situation on Iraqi territory. Currently, the government of Iraq supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine against the background of the full-scale invasion by Russia," Kuleba said.

"The phone calls of the leaders of our states last week gave a significant impetus to the reactivation of bilateral pitical dialogue. And today I arrived in Baghdad to en the door for new portunities in bilateral relations between Ukraine and Iraq, to fill our relations with a new practical meaning," added the head of Ukrainian diplomacy.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the minister had td his Iraqi cleague about the efforts undertaken by the Ukrainian Defense Forces to repel Russian aggression and liberate the captured territories.

He paid special attention to President Vodymyr Zelensky's Peace Formula for the establishment of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.

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The two t diplomats separately discussed the export of Ukrainian grain.

The ministers agreed to hd consultations at the level of several ministries in the near future in order to intensify coeration in the fields of trade, education, and digitalization.

The interlocutors agreed to hd pitical consultations of the ministries of foreign affairs, as well as the fifth meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific, and technical coeration. The previous meeting was held in 2012.

Dmytro Kuleba invited Fuad Huseyn to pay a visit to Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, President Vodymyr Zelensky last week discussed with the prime minister of Iraq the intensification of interstate coeration and the Ukrainian peace formula.

Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine