The importance of the Baghdad conference
28 Aug 2021
The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership on Saturday, co-organised by Iraq and France, hosted by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and French President Emmanuel Macron, and attended by the United Arab Emirates, represented by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani, Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Saba Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian promises to be an important diplomatic meeting point of the regions’ countries. It is an opportunity for Iraq, going through political and economic turmoil, to mark a place for itself as a regional interlocutor.