Government response

Foreign Secretary statement on attack on Iraq Prime Minister

The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has responded to an attack on Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:

We condemn the attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi that took place in Baghdad last night. We are relieved that the Prime Minister is safe and well, but our thoughts are with those injured as a result of the incident. We stand with the Iraqi government, security forces and people in their rejection of political violence and strongly support the Prime Minister’s call for calm and restraint.

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Published 7 November 2021