{"id":93978,"date":"2023-03-02T07:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=93978"},"modified":"2023-03-02T07:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:55:06","slug":"un-chief-visits-iraq-for-first-time-in-six-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/93978\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief visits Iraq for first time in six years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The UN chief expressed on Wednesday the international support for Iraq\u2019s efforts to regain stability and security, and praised it for repatriating its citizens from Syria\u2019s Hawl camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Iraq for his first visit in six years on Tuesday. He expressed&nbsp; solidarity with Iraqi\u2019s government after a drawn-out political crisis in the country.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guterres said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/press-encounter\/2023-03-01\/un-secretary-generals-joint-press-encounter-iraq-prime-minister-mohammed-s-al-sudani-scroll-down-for-the-arabic-version?_gl=1*1g90utm*_ga*MTExOTA0NzEwMi4xNjYxODkxMzU4*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*MTY3Nzc4NDQ4Ny4yNC4wLjE2Nzc3ODQ0ODcuMC4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joint press<\/a> encounter with Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, \u201cWe recognize that the challenges Iraq is facing did not arise overnight, they are the product of decades of oppression, war, terrorism, sectarianism and foreign interference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also expressed his confidence that Iraqis will be able to overcome the difficulties and challenges they still face through an open and inclusive dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guterres praised Iraq\u2019s step for repatriating its citizens from northeastern Syria, as saying \u201cI deeply appreciate Iraq\u2019s exemplary efforts to repatriate its citizens from northeast Syria \u2013 including from the Hawl camp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN Secretary-General described Iraq\u2019s step as an \u201cexample for the world\u201d, noting that many women and children of different foreign national \u201cremain stranded in desperate conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, he will head to Kurdistan Region of Iraq for talks with Kurdish officials, then will travel to Qatar, where he will attend the summit of the Least Developed Countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Shella Abdulhalim<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 The UN chief expressed on Wednesday the international support for Iraq\u2019s efforts to regain stability and security, and praised it for repatriating its citizens from Syria\u2019s Hawl camp. 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