Maliki, UK Ambassador discuss promoting bilateral relation

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, hosted the British Ambassador to Iraq, Simon Collis at his office in Baghdad on Wednesday.Maliki’s media office reported in a statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The meeting tackled the necessity of developing the bilateral relations and promoting the cooperation between Iraq and Britain especially in the field of combating terrorism.””The British Ambassador expressed his optimism towards the important steps achieved in developing bilateral relations represented by holding the conference of British companies and businessmen in Baghdad and the inauguration of a branch of the Standard Chartered Bank in Iraq,” the statement concluded. \END\