TENDER ANNOUNCEMENT/MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND MINERALS ALFURAT STATE COMPANY FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND PESTICIDES/ TENDER NO. 1/T/FURP/1/2017

Dr. Sami Al- Araji, NIC Chairman signed on the 13th of Feb.17 the affiliation of Iraq to the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (for the year 2014) at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Iraq is the second Arab country that affiliates to the convention preceded by 18 international members.

The Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it is closely coordinating the return of Iraqis abroad who have traveled during the past three months.

Foreign Ministry official spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf said, “The Foreign Ministry is coordinating closely of the return of Iraqis abroad who have traveled during the past three months, and as stipulated in the decisions of the Crisis Cell.”

The Embassy recently celebrated the conclusion of its summer internship program. We were fortunate to have five stellar interns who contributed to different activities throughout the summer, including participating in workshops about Iraqi culture, promoting tourism to Iraq and researching and writing about political affairs and bilateral US-Iraqi relations. We thank them for a wonderful summer!

Celebrating the overwhelming victory of our Armed Forces,our Holy Popular Mobilization Movement, the Peshmerga and the tribal fighters in Mosul, and the liberation of the city from the Claws of 'Daesh', the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington DC has the honor to invite the gracious members of its community to share the Event which will be held by the Embassy to celebrate this grand national occasion, at the Embassy Consular Section , on Thursday July 13th , from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Address:
1801 P Street NW, Washington DC 20036.

The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington, in cooperation with the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage is following up the sale of the Assyrian antiquities exhibited at the Christi auction belonging to the period of Assyrian Governor Ashurnasirpal II , which was exhibited at the Theological Seminary of Virginia. To prove its belonging to Iraq, the Iraqi embassy communicated with the parties involved and informed that this piece is under the protection of the law of Antiquities of Iraq.

On 5 July 2018, the European Parliament voted on the resolution (P8_TA-PROV (2018) 0280) containing the approval of the proposal of the Iraqi Embassy in the European Union to dedicate a world day each year as a memorial to the victims of Da'esh and Al Qaeda gangs and the world.