The French presidency said that President Emmanuel Macron met with Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani yesterday, Thursday, and concluded a strategic agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation between Iraq and France.
The Elysee Palace said today, Friday, that the two countries concluded an agreement during the meeting aimed at strengthening bilateral relations in the areas of combating corruption, security, renewable energy and culture.
According to the agreement, this partnership between the two countries aims to "achieve common interests on the basis of equality in sovereignty and rights, and in accordance with the principle of non-interference in internal affairs."
In a joint statement published by the French Presidency website, the two parties affirmed their intention to continue the work related to the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership.
Macron assured the Iraqi prime minister, "Paris's desire to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Iraqi government, as long as Baghdad desires it, to confront the terrorism of the Islamic State," according to the statement.
And 12 countries participated in the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership - which was held in Jordan last December - Jordan and Iraq (the hosts of the conference), France (the inviter), Turkey, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Iran, in addition to representatives of the European Union. and the United Nations.
In the closing statement, the participants affirmed the continuation of cooperation with Iraq in support of its security, stability, sovereignty, democratic process, constitutional process, and efforts to devote dialogue as a way to resolve regional differences.