Baghdad – INA
Iraq’s Representative to the United Nations in New York, Abbas Kazim Obaid, confirmed on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted Iraq’s official invitation to participate in the Arab Summit in Baghdad.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), “The Representative of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, Abbas Kazim Obaid, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the organization’s headquarters. During the meeting, the Iraqi representative presented the official letter addressed by the President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, to the Secretary-General, which includes his invitation to attend and participate in the upcoming Arab Summit scheduled to be held in the capital, Baghdad, on May 17, 2025.”
According to the statement, Obaid conveyed “the greetings of the President of the Republic, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein to the Secretary-General,” stressing their keenness for “his attendance, given the value his participation will add to the summit discussions.”
The statement added that “the meeting also discussed the most prominent issues on the United Nations agenda in light of regional and international geopolitical changes, as well as the priorities and concerns of the Group of 77 and China, currently chaired by Iraq, particularly in the areas of financing for development, climate change, and sustainable development.”
According to the statement, the Iraqi representative affirmed “the group’s keenness to strengthen partnership with the United Nations and its specialized agencies to achieve common goals in accordance with the principle of collective responsibility.”
He continued, “The meeting addressed prospects for cooperation between Iraq and the United Nations in the post-conclusion phase of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), appreciating the efforts made by the mission over the past…