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Foreign Minister Mohamad A. Alhakim confirmed that the government dealt with the demonstrations that Iraq witnessed as true demands, so it made quick measures to meet these demands and formed sub-committees in the Governorates to determine the needs and made direct dialogue.

Iraqi Foreign ministry remembers on the nineteenth of August the criminal of the terroristic attack by the terrorists group on 2009, Where the ministry lost innocent martyrs from its guards, employees and diplomatic staff, an addition of many of wounded , at the same time of targeting the headquarter of the UN mission on 2003, where Mr. Serjeo De Milo died who is the special envoy of the UN general secretary, with many of the employee of the international mission.

the recent events of transferring the US Embassy to the Arab city of Al-Qudus and the insistence that this Arab city is the capital of the Zionist entity is unacceptable and exciting to the anger of hundreds of millions of Arabs, Muslims and Christians all over the world and is a flagrant violation of international resolutions and the path of peace.

Foreign Minister Mr. Mohamad A. Alhakim participated in the meeting of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level in its extraordinary session through video conference to discuss the steps and measures that can be taken in the implementation of the Israeli entity’s plan to annex the West Bank or parts of it.

Foreign Minister Mr. Mohamad A. Alhakim emphasised in his speech that the challenge facing our Arab nation and the Palestinian issue is not less serious than the global challenge posed by the Coronavirus.

Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim stressed the need for Arab countries to fulfill their commitments in accordance with the decisions of the Iraq Reconstruction Conference held in Kuwait last year, and called on the Arab countries and the international community to provide the necessary funding for the implementation of projects related to the development of East Quds in Palestine and to protect it from Israel's attempts to change the demographics of the Holy City

Foreign Minister, H.E. Mr. Fuad Hussein met with the President of the Association of the Christian Pilgrimage Foundation at the Vatican Opera Romana.
At the outset of the meeting, the president of the association said that the Iraqi city of Ur represents the Prophet Abraham and he is for all mankind and our roots are there, and the pilgrimage to Ur will make us feel that we are sons of the One God, thus; we all represent the heavenly religions.

Foreign Minister Mr. Fuad Hussein received his Kuwaiti counterpart, Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah at the Ministry’s headquarters in Baghdad.

The two Ministers discussed several issues related to bilateral relations as a result of the steady growth in these relations, Minister Fuad Hussein affirmed Baghdad’s keenness to develop joint cooperation with Kuwait, expressing his aspiration to continue work to advance the distinguished relations between the two countries and develop them at all levels.

Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein arrived on August 30, 2021in the Austrian capital, Vienna, at the invitation of His Excellency the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to participate in the AlpbachForum for Security and Cooperation, which will be held in Austria on September 1, 2021.

His Excellency is expected to hold, on the sidelines of the forum, a meeting with the Austrian Foreign Minister, to discuss bilateral political, economic, cultural and security relations and ways of enhancing them.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari met with Lebanese Prime Minister Mr. Saad Al-Hariri in Beirut, and discussed bilateral relations and means of developing them to serve the interests of the two brotherly countries and discussed efforts to accelerate the formation of the government in Iraq and Lebanon In addition to discussing the developments on Arab, regional and international levels.