Zebari: Sweden opened its embassy in Baghdad and a consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan
Foreign Minister Zebari said Huchar Sweden will open its embassy in Baghdad and a consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan at a critical time when Iraq is witnessing the parliamentary elections.
Zebari said in a joint news conference with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt at the headquarters of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry was attended by reporter ( News Agency, Iraqi Information / conscious ) Minister of Commerce and the Swedish trade delegation Alemravqq will make a visit to Iraq to discuss the employment and investment.
And Zebari said that Sweden has responded to the request of Iraq to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections as international observers and we appreciate that and we agreed on the joint coordination between the two countries.
In response to questions from journalists between the Minister of Foreign Affairs said the ministry held a conference of ambassadors of Iraq in 16 countries, the elections will be held abroad And from Sweden to discuss providing the atmosphere and supplies required to conduct the elections as the commission has completed its part of all the preparations for the elections abroad.
The foreign minister stressed that Iraq did not accuse any country of involvement with the violence in Iraq but accused armed groups of the former regime to the implementation of terrorist operations.
In response to a reporter's question about the ministry's measures to rescue Iraq from Chapter VII, Zebari said: "There is good and good developments on the Iraq emerges from the huge Section VII and we expect to issue shortly a decision by the UN Security Council declaring that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction and a big step in our quest to break the complete and final penalty in Chapter VII."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs that the Iraqi government accused of failing to effective foreign policy, and that is fair and far from reality, as the Iraqi people who chose the government and the comments we heard from the parliament and the politicians We say that Iraq was not in default and continues for years and call for international support did not stop for a moment will never compromise on the interests of the Iraqi people.
For his part, said Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, "The Swedish-Iraqi relations have witnessed great development, especially the visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister to Sweden and the opening of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and the Swedish consulate in Iraq's Kurdistan region is just an indication of the depth of friendship and the relationship between the two countries."
Bildt and hoped that forthcoming elections were successful and unsuccessful and that the election will include Iraqi citizens in Sweden, hoping to witness the next stage a lot of events, stressing that Iraq would be completely different after years, stressing that the energy production in Iraq would make it a developed country and we believe that there is a future good Irqa between the two countries.
Bildt stressed, "We support the right of Iraq to live in peace and respect for its sovereignty