Baghdad Brazil confirmed that Iraq has a strategic importance and an active role in the Middle East.

A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, today, Tuesday, that the Acting Head of the America Department, Plenipotentiary Minister Mayada Abdullah Yassin, met at the ministry’s headquarters, Brazilian Ambassador Luis Evaldo Santos, and during the meeting, they discussed relations between the two friendly countries and mechanisms for strengthening them in various fields.

During the meeting, the head of the department stressed the importance of relations between the two countries and working to reach understandings on draft memoranda of understanding concerned with cooperation in multiple sectors to sign them.

For his part, the Brazilian ambassador confirmed that Brazil has historical relations with Iraq, which has strategic importance and an active role in the Middle East, and the Brazilian government seeks to strengthen its relations with Iraq.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency