Iraqi- Eritrean agreement on diplomatic representation

Well-informed sources said that Eritrea and Iraq have reached a final agreement which prepares for the establishment of bilateral diplomatic representation. The sources added that according to this agreement Iraq will open an embassy in Eritrea within two months.

The source continued that the engineer of this agreement is the chairman of the Middle East department at Eritrea's foreign ministry Hamid Hamad who presided over the Eritrea's negotiation team to restoring back the Sudanese- Eritrean relations to what they had been before.

Hamad had met with the Iraqi foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf and the two sides reached an agreement according to which an Iraqi embassy will be opened in Asmara, whereas supervising the interests of Iraq in Eritrea was assigned to the Iraqi embassy in Sanaa until arrangements are completed to open the new embassy.