The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the formation of the new Iraqi government on Thursday 7 May.
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and 15 of his ministers were sworn in during the night of 6-7 May, after five months of political crisis.
The vote of confidence by the Iraqi Council of Representatives on the government is “an essential step towards bringing about long-term stability...