Prime Minister Ali Al-Zeidi affirmed the government's commitment to
prepare the conditions for the return of displaced persons and migrants wishing to return to Iraq.
A statement from Al-Zeidi's office received by the Video News Agency
indicated that the Prime Minister, Ali Faleh Al-Zeidi, received today, Monday, His Beatitude
Ignatius Joseph III, the Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church in Iraq and the world, along with his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, according to the statement, the conditions of
Christians in Iraq and the region were discussed, alongside efforts being made to facilitate the return of the displaced and migrants to their areas, as well as addressing several issues concerning this original social component.
The Prime Minister emphasized the government's eagerness to create
appropriate conditions for the return of all displaced persons and migrants wishing to return to Iraq, noting that returnees would benefit from the (Homeland) initiative to obtain residential land plots. He also directed that procedures for issuing the national unified ID card for Iraqis abroad be facilitated.
For his part, His Beatitude the Patriarch praised the efforts of the Prime Minister
and the government in addressing the problems facing Iraqis abroad and providing the necessities for the return of the displaced, and prayed to God to bestow security, stability, peace, and love upon Iraq and the Iraqi people.