VP calls for boosting ties with gulf countries

VP-Gulf BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi asserted the importance of boosting Iraqi-Gulf relations, mainly with the Kingdom of Bahrain, a presidential statement said on Thursday. “Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday (Feb. 18) received at his office in Baghdad an MP from the Bahraini parliament, Jameel Kazem Hassan, and his accompanying delegation,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “The meeting discussed a number of issues of mutual interest in the Gulf and Arab and Islamic worlds,” the statement added. “He called for boosting ties with gulf countries, mainly Bahrain, for the good of the two countries in investment, reconstruction and exchanging experiences fields,” it said. “The lawmaker lauded Iraq’s achievements in political, security and economic levels,” it noted. He expressed his country’s support to the Iraqi people and government. SH (P)/SR 1