Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Vatican

by **claud39** Tue May 04, 2021 7:47 pm

[size=34]Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Vatican[/size]

04/05/2021

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On Monday, May 3, 2021, the Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of the Vatican City, Mr. Paul Richard Gallagher, in the Vatican State Building.

The Minister expressed Iraq's aspiration to activate the frameworks of cooperation with the Vatican in various fields. And this is in light of the distinguished relations between the two sides.

Emphasizing: Iraq's keenness to develop relations between Iraq and the Vatican to achieve the goals it carried in the service of humanity and its rights, and to spread the culture and values of peace.

The Minister indicated that Iraq is a meeting place for religions that all agree on respect for the human being, his dignity, and the promotion of a culture and values of peace, and he stressed the government's insistence on the return of the displaced and the rehabilitation of women and children victims of ISIS, calling for the reconstruction of churches in the city of Mosul, and the building of a hospital for women who survived ISIS terror.

Regarding the historic visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, the Minister said: The visit of His Holiness the Pope to Iraq and the city of Ur birth of the father of the prophets Abraham - peace be upon him - represented great support for Iraq, and special support for Christians in it, and we look forward to investing it religiously, politically and culturally.

He called on the investment companies in the Vatican State to work in Iraq to revive the cultural and historical heritage.

https://www.mofa.gov.iq/2021/05/?p=22876