Amb Hefny: Egypt, Iraq open new chapter of cooperation

Former Assistant to Foreign Minister, asserted that the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership is an important meeting

Ambassador Ali Hefny, Former Assistant to Foreign Minister, asserted that the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership is an important meeting held in the presence of President Abdel Fattah e-Sisi as it deals with Iraq and demonstrates its return to assume its role as a regional and international power. He said that it also displays the country as it takes initiatives to bring together the regional powers especially the Arab neighboring countries together.

In a phone call with (Cairo Local Times), Hefny added that such a meeting indicates a closing chapter of the past and opening of a new one relied on the necessity to enhance cooperation among those neighboring countries based on certain principles; no interference in the internal affairs of the countries and respect to the sovereignty of each of them.

To support his point, he highlighted that President Sisi's participation in the conference comes within the framework of Egypt's keenness on supporting Iraq for restoring its active and balanced role at the regional level and also for guaranteeing its security and stability.

Meetings of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership kicked off Saturday in the presence of President Abdel Fattah e-Sisi along with the leaders and representatives of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, France, Turkey and Iran.