Sudani to visit Italy next week, 6 MAY

  Sudani to visit Italy next week

BAGHDAD (NINA) - Political adviser to the Prime Minister Sebhan Mullah Jiyad has revealed a visit by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to Italy next week.

Mullah Jiyad said in a statement to the official newspaper: "The Prime Minister will go to the Italian capital Rome on a two-day visit starting on the tenth of May," explaining that "this visit comes within the Iraqi diplomatic openness led by the Sudanese government, and linking it to the economic dimension."

He pointed out that "Iraq and Italy have many commonalities at the political and diplomatic levels, as well as interrelated interests at the economic level, as there are many Italian companies that have dealt and are dealing with Iraq, especially in industries related to the energy sectors, in addition to Italy's participation in the international coalition in the war against (ISIS) and its support for Iraq."

He stressed that "this visit comes within the direction to arrange the bilateral relationship between Iraq and the countries of the international coalition in preparation for scheduling its withdrawal from Iraq."