Iranian president due in Iraq to sign agreements

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will soon visit Iraq in his first foreign trip, Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad said Wednesday, Report informs via IRNA.

In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Mohammad Kazem Al Sadeq said President Pezeshkian will travel to Baghdad at the head of a high-level delegation at the official invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani.

Al-Sadeq noted that the visit will take place between September 10 and 21.

A number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) that were supposed to be signed by the heads of the two countries during a visit of the late President Ebrahim Raisi will be signed during the upcoming visit, the ambassador noted.

He added that some of the MoUs also need to be referred to the new Iranian administration’s ministers, which the ministers of the two nations will subsequently sign at an appropriate time.