Foreign Minister Zaorálek visits Baghdad
Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek, along with the deputy Defense Minister Tomáš Kuchta and a delegation of businessmen, arrived in Baghdad on Thursday morning for a one-day visit. The Czech foreign minister is set to hold talks with the new Iraqi President Fuad Masum, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and his counterpart Ibrahim Al-Jaafari. Mr Zaorálek will also meet with Kurdish representatives in Irbil. Among the topics on the agenda will be the Czech Republic’s military aid to Iraqi armed forces fighting Islamist radicals.