FM Gerapetritis: We look forward to a stable political environment in Iraq

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, successful statements pursuing his gathering with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein successful Baghdad, stressed that “we look guardant to a unchangeable governmental situation successful Iraq that volition supply fertile crushed connected which to build.”

During his sojourn to Iraq, helium emphasised that relations betwixt the 2 countries and peoples day backmost to past times and noted that Iraq is 1 of Greece's astir important trading partners. Gerapetritis and Hussein besides discussed prospects for further promoting economical practice successful investment, energy, academia, tourism, agriculture, construction, and h2o absorption technology. They besides agreed to leverage economical relations with the purpose of expanding the measurement of bilateral trade. “The 9th Session of our Joint Interministerial Committee, which took spot 10 days agone betwixt the 2 lawman ministers present successful Baghdad, was a promising measurement successful this direction,” said Gerapetritis.

Gerapetritis besides stressed that nonstop flights betwixt Athens and Erbil volition statesman successful December by Aegean Airlines, and noted that Greece volition beryllium the archetypal state among the European Union states to person a nonstop aerial nexus with Baghdad. He besides pointed retired that Greece, arsenic an elected subordinate of the UN Security Council for 2025–2026 is simply a staunch protagonist of planetary law, including the instrumentality of the sea, and is committed to the rules and principles enshrined successful the United Nations Charter.

He described Iraq arsenic 1 of the astir influential countries successful the country and noted that Greece is acceptable to enactment the strengthening of relations betwixt the European Union and Iraq, arsenic good arsenic the economical improvement successful the wider region.

Gerapetris besides noted that Greece volition clasp the presidency of the Forum of Ancient Civilisations for 2025, and helium invited his Iraqi counterpart to the upcoming 9th Ministerial Meeting successful Athens connected December.