Iraq, Egypt and Jordan hold tripartite summit in Baghdad

Name: Iraq, Egypt and Jordan hold tripartite summit in Baghdad
Uploaded: 2021-06-27T21:04:55+00:00
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: Egypt, Jordan and Iraq agreed to bolster security and economic cooperation at a tripartite summit Sunday that saw an Egyptian head of state visit Iraq for the first time in three decades. The visits by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II came as Iraq seeks to move closer to Arab allies of the United States in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Jack Hewson tells us more.

Issued on: 27/06/2021 - 23:04

Video by: Jack HEWSON

Egypt, Jordan and Iraq agreed to bolster security and economic cooperation at a tripartite summit Sunday that saw an Egyptian head of state visit Iraq for the first time in three decades. The visits by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II came as Iraq seeks to move closer to Arab allies of the United States in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Jack Hewson tells us more.