Shafaq News / Foreign Minister Muhammad Ali al-Hakim met with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority.

During the meeting, views were exchanged on the "deal of the century", while Al-Hakim affirmed Iraq’s steadfast stance on the Palestinian issue, the Palestinian people’s attainment of their full rights, and the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

This meeting comes in the context of Iraq presiding over the emergency meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States at the level of foreign ministers.