Ukraine, Iraq agree to en a new page of bilateral relations – Dmytro Kuleba

This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

According to the report, the visit takes place in the context of the implementation of the agreements reached during a telephone conversation between President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammad Shia al-Sudani on April 10.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy held talks in Baghdad with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein.

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"Ukraine and Iraq have a long history of friendship and mutual respect. At one time, Ukrainian servicemen helped to normalize the situation on Iraqi territory. Today, the Iraqi government supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine against the backdr of Russia's full-scale invasion," Kuleba said.

"Last week's telephone conversation between the leaders of our countries gave a significant impetus to the intensification of bilateral pitical dialogue. And today I arrived in Baghdad to en the door to new portunities in bilateral relations between Ukraine and Iraq, to fill our relations with new practical content," the head of Ukrainian diplomacy added.

The Ministry informed that the minister td his Iraqi counterpart about the efforts of the Ukrainian defense forces to repel Russian aggression and liberate the occupied territories.

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

The foreign ministers also discussed the export of Ukrainian grain.

The ministers agreed to hd consultations at the level of a number of ministries of Ukraine and Iraq in the near future to intensify coeration in the areas of trade, education and digitalization.

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The interlocutors also 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 of the commission took place in 2012.

Dmytro Kuleba invited Fouad Hussein to visit Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported, earlier last week, President Vodymyr Zelensky discussed with the Iraqi Prime Minister the intensification of interstate coeration and the Ukrainian formula for peace.