Iraqi foreign policy affected by regional developments, says MP

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The member of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, Emad Yaqo, stated that the Iraqi foreign policy is facing many challenges and difficulties due to the developments of the regional situation and the internal tensions.

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he stated “In spite of the successful foreign progress in holding the Arab Summit I Baghdad and the meetings of 5+1 countries in addition to the High Conference that will be held in Baghdad, but this progress is not as we required where the politicians have to support the foreign policy and push it forward.”

He accused some foreign sides of “Limiting the Iraqi foreign role and understating it by creating the sectarian tensions inside Iraq,” noting that “This issue affected the Iraqi role in the foreign policy.”