The Foreign Ministry summons the Chargé d’Affaires of the British Embassy in Baghdad and hands her a protest note

The Foreign Ministry summoned today the Chargé d'Affaires of the United Kingdom Embassy in Baghdad, Ruth Coverdale, due to the presence of the ambassador outside Iraq and handed her a note of protest following the statements made by the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Stephen Hitchen, which touched on security and political affairs in a way that reflects a bleak image of Iraq, its government and components. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that this constitutes interference in internal affairs and away from the diplomatic tasks assigned to the ambassador. The Foreign Ministry stressed during the summons the need to open up to the Iraqi experience from the perspective of common interests and avoid what contradicts the serious vision that the Iraqi government and its constitutional institutions are working on. Source: National Iraqi News Agency