Iraq is named its first ambassador in Kuwait for two decades
Kuwaiti newspaper quoted Tuesday in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry official as saying that Baghdad named Mohammed Hussein Bahr al-Ulum ambassador in Kuwait for the first time since Iraqi troops invaded the country in 1990. The newspaper quoted Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq Mohammed al-Haj Hammoud said Baghdad was waiting for approval of the Kuwaiti authorities on this label as a protocol.
The new ambassador is the son of Shiite mark veteran Mohammed Bahr al-Ulum and the brother of Iraq's former oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum.
Said Mohammed al-Haj Mahmoud, Ambassador-designate "descended from a prominent family in Iraq and well-known combativeness against the Baath party against the regime of Saddam Hussein" and "contribute to a solution of outstanding issues between the two countries."
Kuwait was named chief of staff to the insured as an ambassador in Iraq almost a year ago
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