BAGHDAD: French President Emmanuel Macron discussed energy cooperation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and working together on a nuclear project that could solve Iraq’s chronic electricity shortages, Kadhimi said on Wednesday.
“We talked about a future project, using nuclear energy to produce electricity and peaceful projects, which will be under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... which will create jobs and address electricity shortages,” Kadhimi said in a Baghdad news conference.
Macron said they also discussed military cooperation in the face of Daesh militants and French support for building a metro railway in Baghdad.
Any military cooperation with Iraq should be respectful of its sovereignty and France supports Kadhimi’s efforts to safeguard it, as well as to “normalize” all armed forces, Macron said, referring to mostly Iran-backed Shiite militia groups.
Macron and Iraqi PM discuss nuclear energy project
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Macron and Iraqi PM discuss nuclear energy project
Jordan condemns Israeli far-right minister Ben-Gvir’s storming of Al-Aqsa compound
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson warned of Israeli attempts to divide the compound both temporally and spatially
LONDON: Jordan condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday in East Jerusalem.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates spokesperson Fouad Majali denounced the incident as a “blatant” violation of the site’s status quo, a desecration of its sanctity, and a dangerous provocation. He stressed that Israel has no sovereignty over occupied East Jerusalem or its Islamic and Christian holy sites, according to the Petra news agency.
Ben-Gvir has visited Al-Aqsa’s compound several times in recent years, despite widespread condemnation.
Majali warned of Israeli attempts to divide the compound both temporally and spatially, saying that these “provocative and inflammatory” actions aim to impose a new reality at the site.
“Israel’s violations reflect the extremist Israeli government’s policy of escalating dangerous and unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank and of violating the sanctity of holy sites in occupied Jerusalem,” he added.
