Iraq to open four new embassies abroad

Iraq's foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf announced on Saturday that Iraq will shortly open four news embassies in Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhistan and Azerbayjan. He added this will be made in the course of Iraq's diplomatic move to develop co-operation with various countries in the world.

Replying to a question proposed by member of the Iraqi national congress, al-Sahaf added that Iraq has some 62 embassies, stressing that Iraq international relations have been recently improving.