19/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - Mogherini in Iraq on 22-23 December. As announced (see EUROPE 11219), High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will visit Iraq on 22-23 December to send “a message of solidarity and confirm the EU's readiness to deepen the relationship with Iraq”. In Baghdad on 22 December she will meet Iraq's President Fouad Masoum, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari and Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ibrahim al Jabouri. The following day, Mogherini will travel to Erbil to meet President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq Massoud Barzani and Prime Minister of the Regional Government of Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani. They are expected to discuss the major challenges facing Kurdistan and its people, regarding both the fight against Islamic State (IS) and the humanitarian disaster. Mogherini will also visit a centre for Christian refugees. (CG)