ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has embarked on a three-day official visit to Iraq today (Friday).
According to an official statement, 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 (OIC).
The Foreign Minister would also exchange views on problems concerning Muslim Ummah, as well as global and regional issues of mutual interest.
He would also 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.
The visit of Foreign Minister Qureshi comes in the backdrop of a number of Ministerial-level visits from both sides in the past few months, which signify the importance accorded by both countries to augmenting bilateral relationship for mutual benefit.
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.
