International Security issues a decision to release Iraqi funds seized in Switzerland
BAGHDAD – Justice Department announced on Tuesday that the UN Security Council passed a resolution to launch Iraqi funds reserved for the Swiss government.
According to a ministry statement / balance News / copy of it, received the “Minister of Justice Salar Abdul Sattar Mohammed received in his office Today, the Swiss ambassador to Iraq, Lucas Jacir, discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two sides, especially the possibility of signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Iraqi and Swiss ministries of justice to exchange legal expertise and judicial notifications to develop the capacity development of the ministry’s staff. In the near future”.
The minister called, according to the statement, to “the importance of serious cooperation between the two countries, which would contribute to strengthening frameworks and exchanging experiences, including signing a memorandum of cooperation between the two parties in the near future to serve the interests of the two friendly peoples.”
The statement stated, “The two sides also reviewed the discussion of releasing sums of money belonging to the Iraqi government seized by the Swiss government, and the demand to lift the seizure of these funds and return them, knowing that there is a resolution issued by the UN Security Council to release these sums.” .
And he indicated, “The participation of the Republic of Iraq in writing the national human rights plan prepared by the ministry and the rest of the ministries represented in the national committee for writing treaty reports, which will be held in the ninth month of this year in Geneva, was discussed.”
For his part, the Swiss ambassador expressed his great thanks to “the minister for his great cooperation and warm reception,” expressing his country’s readiness “for cooperation between the two parties, in the field of exchanging experiences and the possibility of signing a memorandum of cooperation between the two sides in the near future.” A43