Brazil reopens embassy in Iraq

 Brazil will re-open its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, this month after it was closed 21 years ago, Agencia Brasil, the Brazilian official news agency, reported on Tuesday.

The return of a Brazilian representation to the Middle East country had been announced in November, but it was put into effect three months after the U.S. troops have withdrawn from the country.

Brazil closed its embassy in Iraq in 1991 because of the Iraq- Kuwait conflict which put the diplomats in that country under risks. 

Even though for a long time there was no Brazilian ambassador in Iraq, the two countries did not cut diplomatic ties. The new Brazilian ambassador to Iraq, Anuar Nahes, assumed his position in January and arrived in Iraq earlier in March. Nahes started to work in Brazil`s Foreign Ministry in 1982.

The reopen of the Brazilian embassy in Iraq happens when Iraq is suffering a tense situation. On Tuesday, several car bombs exploded in some Iraqi cities and more than 40 people were killed and at least 200 injured. 

The international community has been working to support the political, economic and social stability in the region.

Source: ANTARA