Baghdad – IA
The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, confirmed today, Tuesday, that the security of the region is indivisible and the danger of expanding aggression will affect regional peace and stability, while calling for a clear Arab-Islamic position and condemnation regarding the Zionist threats to Iraq.
The media office of the First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives said in a statement received by the (INA): “The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, received in his guest house the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Iraq, Tariq Abdullah Al-Faraj, to discuss the latest local developments and regional events.” “.
Al-Mandalawi stressed – according to the statement - that “the security of the region is indivisible, and that the danger of expanding the Zionist aggression against any country will affect peace, stability and regional security,” calling for “taking a clear Arab-Islamic position and condemnation regarding the Zionist threats to Iraq, and using various means to pressure the occupier to stop… “His crimes against the peoples of the region.”
The statement continued, “The meeting discussed the overall bilateral relations and ways to develop them in all fields for the benefit of the two brotherly peoples, and stressed the importance of joint work to support international efforts to reach an agreement for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and end the war in Gaza.”
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