Shah Mahmood Qureshi Leaves For Iraq On Three-day Official Visit

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Shah Mahmood Qureshi leaves for Iraq on three-day official visit

The Foreign Minister will hold detailed discussions on bilateral cooperation with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein.

ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-May 28th, 2021) Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has left for Iraq on three-day official visit.

During the visit, the Foreign Minister will hold detailed discussions on bilateral cooperation with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein.

He will also review cooperation between the two countries in multilateral organizations, in particular the United Nations, its subsidiary organizations, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

He will also exchange views on problems concerning Muslim Ummah, as well as global and regional issues of mutual interest.

The Minister will also call on the leadership of Iraq and confer with senior Iraqi Ministers on bilateral matters pertaining to respective areas of cooperation, in particular the issues pertaining to the management and well-being of thousands of Pakistani Zaireen visiting sacred sites in Iraq every year.

Pakistan and Iraq enjoy long-standing fraternal ties rooted in shared faith, values and culture. The bilateral relations benefit from shared understanding and similarity of views on a number of regional and global issues. The two countries continue to collaborate closely to enhance bilateral cooperation in diverse fields.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.