Zebari mets with UAE FM’s Assistant

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met on the evening of March 12, 2014, at the ministry, Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Faris Al Mazrui, Assistant of UAE Foreign Minister for security and military affairs and UAE Charge d’affairs in Baghdad. A statement by Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and the prospects for development, Minister Zebari valued the United Arab Emirates presence in the international conference to combat terrorism and the speech of Mr. Al Mazrui that confirms the two sides agree on the importance of concerted efforts to counter the threat of terrorism and terrorist groups in the region.” “They also discussed the UAE foreign Minister’s summoning of the Ambassador of Iraq recently and confirmed that Iraq hopes that UAE understands the suffering of Iraqis, the fight against terrorism and financing networks and cross-border recruitment,” the statement added. “He stressed that Iraq has a sincere desire to continue working with his brothers to confront the lesion of terrorism and extremism that threatens all of the region and the world,” the statement concluded.