ShafaqNews- Baghdad
IraqiPrime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will travel to Washington on Monday with awide-ranging delegation for talks on security cooperation, energy, economicties and investment opportunities between Iraq and the United States, ShafaqNews learned on Sunday.
Thedelegation includes Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Finance Minister Falehal-Sari, Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair, Electricity Minister Ali SaadiWahib and Trade Minister Mustafa Nizar Jumaa.
It alsoincludes lawmaker Amer al-Fayez, chairman of parliament’s Foreign RelationsCommittee; lawmaker Harem Kamal, chairman of the Oil and Gas Committee; andparliament member Mohammed Tamim. Cabinet Secretary-General Hamid al-Ghazi willalso join the visit.
Among theother officials traveling with the prime minister are Central Bank GovernorNizar Nasser, National Security Adviser Qasim al-Aboudi, Chairman of the PrimeMinister’s Advisory Board Yousif Khalaf Yousif, Deputy Finance Minister AliKarim Hussein and Defense Ministry Secretary-General Lieutenant General AhmedSalim Bahjat.
Thedelegation further includes Communications and Media Commission Chairman BalighMithqal Abu Kulal, the prime minister’s foreign relations adviser FarhadAlaeddin, Director-General of International Relations at the Prime Minister’sOffice Ambassador Krikor Bakram Der Hakobian, political adviser Abbas al-Amiri,and financial and banking adviser Saleh Mahmoud Salman.
Al-Zaidi’soffice director and adviser Azhhar Hussein Saleh, along with AmbassadorHassanein Rashid al-Sheikh, head of the Prime Minister’s Office Coordinationand Protocol Department, will also participate in the visit.
Othermembers of the delegation include Iraqi Media Network Chairman Abdul KarimHamadi Abdul Sadah, Foreign Ministry Americas Department Director AmbassadorNizar al-Hakim, Prime Minister’s adviser Bakar Asaad Ali, media adviser AliSabah Karim Razuqi, Prime Minister’s Media Office Director Abdul Zahraal-Hindawi and media coordinator Adel Nima Najm.
Aninformed source previously told Shafaq News that the talks will coverinvestment agreements, energy projects, bilateral security, the future of USforces in Iraq, and efforts to bring armed factions under state control.
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