Foreign Minister: Our visit to the Vatican is to follow up on the results of His Holiness’s visit in various fields and to translate them into projects and to thank His Holiness for visiting Iraq

by **claud39** Tue May 04, 2021 8:08 pm

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04/05/2021

Foreign Minister: Our visit to the Vatican is to follow up on the results of His Holiness’s visit in various fields and to translate them into projects and to thank His Holiness for visiting Iraq WhatsApp-Image-2021-05-04-at-4.57.35-PM-1024x682

Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met with the President of the Association of the Christian Hajj Foundation at the Vatican Opera Romana.

At the outset of the meeting, and after the greetings, the president of the association said: The 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 children of the one God, and we all represent the monotheistic religions.

For his part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said: I had the honor with the rest of the Iraqi officials in receiving His Holiness, Pope Francis, and that the visit represented a deep humanitarian message of solidarity, stressing the need to mobilize all energies to confront the danger of discrimination and extremism, calling for the importance of spreading a culture of tolerance, love, and brotherhood ; And the elimination of the culture of hatred, and hatred.

The Minister expressed his pride in the distinguished national role that Iraqi Christians play.

Pointing out that our visit to the Vatican is to follow up on the results of the visit and turn it into a course of action and to thank His Holiness the Pope for taking this courageous step to visit Iraq, and to follow up on its results.

He called for the rehabilitation of the city of Ur and its surrounding areas, in order to be a city for religious tourism.

He stressed the continuation of holding meetings between the two sides to arrange the organization of pilgrims to the city of Ur, and to expedite the signing of memoranda of understanding in this regard.

Noting that the visit of His Holiness the Pope confirmed that the security situation in Iraq is stable.

https://www.mofa.gov.iq/2021/05/?p=22888