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.
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Macron and Iraqi PM discuss nuclear energy project
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Macron and Iraqi PM discuss nuclear energy project
Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal
Syria says impossible to move forward in talks without clear binding timeline for Israeli withdrawal
- Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue
A Syrian official said on Tuesday it would not be possible to move forward on “strategic files” in talks with Israel without a clear, binding timeline for Israeli troops to quit Syrian territory seized after Bashar Assad’s fall in December 2024.
The official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the latest round of US-brokered talks in Paris, held on Monday and Tuesday, concluded with a US initiative to suspend all Israeli military activities against Syria.
Israel’s defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue.
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