{"id":520931,"date":"2025-12-20T07:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T02:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=520931"},"modified":"2025-12-20T07:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T02:21:37","slug":"president-to-undertake-official-visit-to-iraq-on-december-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/president-to-undertake-official-visit-to-iraq-on-december-20\/","title":{"rendered":"President to undertake official visit to Iraq  on December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>brotherly relations<br \/>\nIslamabad: At the invitation of H.E. Dr Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, will undertake an official visit to Iraq from 20 to 24 December 2025. The visit highlights the longstanding brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iraq, rooted in shared faith, culture, and mutual respect. During the visit, President Zardari will hold high-level meetings with Iraqi leadership to review bilateral relations and explore ways to strengthen cooperation across trade and investment, energy, reconstruction, manpower, technology, education, and people-to-people exchanges. Discussions will also cover regional and international developments, along with collaboration at multilateral forums. The visit aims to reinforce traditionally warm ties, identify new avenues of partnership, and enhance people-to-people links, particularly in religious tourism and economic collaboration. This official visit reflects Pakistan\u2019s continued engagement with Iraq and its commitment to fostering a forward-looking, strategic partnership that supports Iraq\u2019s stability, development, and regional peace and prosperity. Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>brotherly relations Islamabad: At the invitation of H.E. Dr Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, the President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, will undertake an official visit to Iraq from 20 to 24 December 2025. The visit highlights the longstanding brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iraq, rooted in shared faith, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-520931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President to undertake official visit to Iraq on December 20<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/president-to-undertake-official-visit-to-iraq-on-december-20\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President to undertake official visit to Iraq on December 20\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"brotherly relations Islamabad: At the invitation of H.E. 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