News & Announcements

Ambassador Nazar Al Khirullah received in his office on August 1 Mr. David Hammoud, President of the National US-Arab-Chamber of Commerce, and highlighted the importance of strengthening economic and trade relations between both countries as well as creating partnerships between Iraqi and American private sectors ...

Ambassador Nazar Al Khirullah received Mrs. Victoria Taylor on July 27 and congratulated her on assuming position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; exchanged views on bilateral cooperation & regional & international situations.

The Atlantic Council hosted Ambassador Nazar Al Khirullah on July 26 in a seminar attended by a number of senior researchers and experts specialized in Iraqi affairs in Washington, where H.E. shed light on the priorities of the Iraqi government at political, economic & security levels, and the prospects for cooperation between both countries according Strategic Framework Agreement SFA, so as to achieve common goals and interests for Iraq & US .

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. ...... Read more...

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. ...