Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on Sunday officially named Salah al-Maliki as its first ambassador to Iraq since the Year 2003 U.S. started a war, the Egyptian news agency MENA reported.
The report said that al-Maliki, 34, will head to Iraq after taking the oath before the king, and he will be stationed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone compound housing Iraqi government offices and the U.S. embassy.
Maliki, who has also served at the United Nations in New York, will be the Gulf state's youngest ambassador.
Early in March, Bahrain announced the reopening of its embassy in Iraq as part of its efforts to boost ties with Baghdad. The decision came after Kuwait, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had named their ambassadors to Iraq.
No Arab country has had a permanent ambassador in the Iraqi capital since Egypt's envoy was kidnapped and killed in 2005.
However, the United States has been pressing the Arab governments to help the Iraqi government by forgiving debts and establishing high-level diplomatic representation.
Source:Xinhua
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article