Deputy Speaker Meets Chinese Ambassador To Baghdad

BAGHDAD / NINA / A member of Parliament Presidency, Hummam Hamoudi said, "Iraq is the Middle East Gate and the collapse of its democratic system or divide it or its instability would negatively affect the security and stability of the entire region," adding that "the country's military and security forces and its popular mobilizations forces are facing daily operations to eradicate Daash from its territory, and recorded unprecedented victories and is at the forefront of the global response to the project of Daash terrorist. " He, during his meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Iraq, Chen Wei Zheng in his office today, confirmed "the need to strengthen economic agreements and strengthen commercial and cultural partnership between the two countries, especially the exceptional support given to Iraq by the Chinese government." For his part, the Chinese ambassador said the relations between the two countries witnessed a remarkable development in recent times, especially with regard to major commercial partnership, pointing out that his country is keen on a permanent stability of Iraq, especially as the relationship between the two countries extended for thousands of years, stressing the importance of strengthening trade and economic cooperation and activating parliamentary friendship committees between the two sides and unite efforts against terrorism ./ End