A month and a half after the first visit to Iraq by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustapha Kazemi, went to France on Monday for his first trip to France as head of government, the one who holds the reality of power in the Iraqi denominational system.
A visit as brief as that of the French Head of State to Baghdad - barely a day in Paris - and placed under the triple sign of security, business and diplomacy.
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After a meeting with the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian (Foreign Affairs) and Florence Parly (Defense), a stop at the Military School in the 15th arrondissement of the capital, Mustapha Kazemi had lunch at the Élysée.
He was surrounded by many ministers: Defense, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Agriculture and Transport, while, on the French side, Bruno Le Maire (Economy) joined his colleagues Le Drian and Parly.
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