Al-Sudani Receives In New York The US President’s Envoy For Hostages Affairs

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received in New York Roger Carstens, the Special US Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. During the meeting, al-Sudani stressed the importance of working on the file of the hostage persons in its humanitarian aspects, indicating that Iraq was and still is making efforts to uncover their fate, in addition to full solidarity with their families. Al-Sudani reiterated Iraq's cooperation and work with the governments of the countries of the region to exchange the necessary information related to the hostages , and to intensify the search and investigation for the remaining kidnapped Yazidi women, especially with the Syrian and Turkish sides. The Iraqi security forces have been directed to work on these files as a humanitarian priority. For his part, Ambassador Carstens expressed his appreciation for Iraq's efforts in the field of applying human rights standards, adopting them within the government program, following up on cases of enforced disappearance, and cooperatin g with the countries concerned in this field to uncover the fate of their citizens. Source: National Iraqi News Agency