Latest news

Ambassador Al Khirullah held constructive meeting with @AsstSecENR Geoffrey Pyatt @StateDept on July 20 as they discussed: upgrading partnership in energy sector between ; Iraqi gov priorities to increase production capacity; energy independence; benefiting from US technology in renewable energy; boosting partnership & exchanging visits & expertise between both countries.

The Head of the Department of Foreign Relations in KRG of Iraq Safeen Dizayee congratulated Ambassador Al Khirullah on the assumption of his new position as he paid a visit to the Embassy on July 17. ...

Ambassador Nazar Al Khirullah met with Major General Yahya Rasool, the official spokesman of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, at the Embassy on July 14 during the latter’s visit to Washington DC to attend meetings of the Contact Group of the global Coalition to Defeat Terrorist Daesh “ISIS”, and exchanged views on promoting counterterrorism. ...

On July 13, Ambassador Al Khirullah met with Steve Lutes, Vice President of Middle East Affairs at US Chamber of Commerce and Head of Iraqi-American Business Council (USIBC) and discussed with him the meetings’ outcome of the Iraqi-American Business Council’s delegation visit to Iraq last June, highlighting the government’s orientation towards boosting commercial relations and partnership between the private sector of both countries; and reviewing the government’s priorities on energy, renewable energy, desalination and cooperation in health sector between both countries’ institutes. ...

Ambassador Nazar Al Khirullah met with Honar Issa, Provost of the American University in Kurdistan in Iraq during the latter’s presence in Washington DC on July 3. The two sides engaged in educational discussion touching upon the strategic framework agreement SFA and the principles of education quality assurance to academic institutions. ...

Ambassador Al Khirullah met with the founder of Taylor Global Strategies TGS, the consultant Scott Taylor at the Embassy’s headquarters on June 24 and reviewed the government’s orientation to enhance economic opportunities and investments before the international companies, including the American ones to enter the local market of Iraq with a view to exchange expertise and raise the development level in our country. ...

Congratulations to the Iraqi people on the remarkable victory of our U23 football team in WAFF Championship. Their exceptional performance and winning the championship was a testament to their strength and determination. We extend our gratitude to the passionate sports fans whose unwavering support featured Iraq's love for life and peace. We also express our appreciation to all the participating teams for their presence in Iraq and wish them the best of luck in the future. ...

PM Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said as he received the Iraq-US Business Council (USIBC) headed by Steve Lutes on June 14, that Iraq is qualified to be an attractive environment for the private sector and foreign companies highlighting that the government has taken a set of decisions to simplify procedures for investors and tackle problems in this respect. The PM pointed out that: Iraq is moving towards oil alternatives that will be available after 2028; we have started investing in the flaring gas sector, which costs us $4 billion per year; the TotalEnergies agreement will supply our country with half of its gas needs; there are contracts with Chinese and Emirati companies that will provide Iraq with half of its gas imports. Further, for the first time Iraq is preparing to invest in natural gas by announcing the 6th gas field round and it is keen to maintain the presence of US companies in our country. ...

The government has taken promising actions recently in Iraq to activate the coordination at the ministerial level with respect to GCC electric interconnection project so as to achieve technical stability in Iraqi electricity network & exchanging power supply.