Al -Shaibani discusses in Baghdad security and political files with Iraqi officials

Syrian Foreign Minister Ahmed Al -Shaibani holds a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, Fouad Hussein, at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, on Friday evening, in a meeting dominated by various security and political files between the two countries, and an Iraqi diplomatic official in Baghdad says to Al -Arabi Al -Jadeed that Al -Shaibani, accompanied by Syrian government officials, is discussing a package of security files related to borders, ISIS, and the territory of the horror, along with a file of political relations. The Syrian community in Iraq, and ways to facilitate the return of those who wish them to their country.

The source confirmed that the Syrian official will hold similar meetings with other officials in the Iraqi government. Earlier, the Iraqi News Agency (conscious) said that “Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al -Shaibani arrived today (Friday) to the capital, Baghdad, on Friday, noting that Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein was the one who received his Syrian counterpart during his arrival in Baghdad.

An Iraqi official revealed to Al -Arabi Al -Jadeed, yesterday, Thursday, that Al -Shaibani’s visit to Iraq returned to the agenda of the two countries again, after being postponed last month by a Syrian decision, stressing that the visit will discuss many and thorny files between Damascus and Baghdad, and “it is unlikely to restore the full level of relations between the two countries, but it will establish important understandings”, and indicated that “the conference of the neighboring countries of the Syrian neighboring countries that was held a few days ago in the Jordanian capital Amman On many understandings, and clarify some details from the Iraqi side of the Syrian delegation.

This is the first visit of a Syrian official to Iraq since the fall of the Bashar al -Assad regime on the eighth of last December, as the past months included different Iraqi positions on change in Syria, especially from the political forces and armed factions allied to Iran, which adopted negative positions on the new Syrian administration.