PM Discusses With His Lebanese Counterpart Bilateral Relations And Ways To Enhance Exchange In Aspects Of Common Interest

Baghdad / NINA / -Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani met today, Friday, with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on the sidelines of his participation in the Munich Security Conference 2024.

During the meeting, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office, bilateral relations between Iraq and Lebanon were discussed, and ways to enhance exchange in aspects of common interest, in the interest of the two brotherly countries.

The Prime Minister pointed out the continuation of the aggression against Gaza, and the threat it causes to stability in the region, and the necessity of stopping this aggression and preventing its expansion, in addition to stopping the genocide against the Palestinian people, and attempts to expand the conflict through attacks on brotherly Lebanon and its borders.

Al-Sudani reiterated Iraq's progress in achieving the goal of raising the level of exchange and integration with brotherly and friendly countries in the region, in a way that provides reasons for development and opportunities for its people, and means of overcoming economic crises.

For his part, Mikati affirmed Lebanon’s keenness to establish security and stability in the region, and to continue constructive cooperation with Iraq in all fields, expressing his thanks and appreciation for the Iraqi positions supporting Lebanon, and providing fuel and support to support the Lebanese people in facing economic difficulties and challenges./End