FM Undersecretary Meets Japanese Vice-Ministers

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Foreign MinisterUndersecretary for Bilateral Relations, Nazar Al Khairullah, met the Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Kentaro Sonoura.

A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received by IraqiNews.com cited “Sonoura appreciated the Iraqi government’s stance in the assassination of the two Japanese hostages by the terrorist Islamic State (IS), noting that his visit to Iraq is to strengthen bilateral ties.

“Al Khairullah expressed the Iraqi government’s and people’s condolences to the families of the victims,” the statement concluded./End/