24 July,2017 08:24 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold extensive talks with her Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari today, during which the focus is expected to be on the 39 Indians kidnapped by the IS three years back from Mosul
Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold extensive talks with her Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari today, during which the focus is expected to be on the 39 Indians kidnapped by the IS three years back from Mosul.
Al-Jaafari's visit from July 24 to 28 to India comes two weeks after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced liberation of Mosul.
In their talks, the two sides will to take stock of bilateral relations and explore ways to enhance cooperation in areas of energy and trade. Iraq has been one of the major suppliers of crude oil to India.
"The visit is expected to add further impetus to our mutually beneficial bilateral engagement," the MEA had said on Friday.
As liberation of Mosul brightened chances of information about the kidnapped Indians, Swaraj, in a meeting with their relatives last week, had said that they might be languishing in a jail in Badush in northwest of Mosul where fighting was going on.
