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President Katalin Novák Visits Iraq

Mariann Őry 2022.12.09.

Katalin Novák, the first Hungarian President to visit the Middle Eastern country, has arrived in Iraq for a three-day visit.

The president is in Iraq from Thursday to Saturday, where she will meet Hungarian soldiers stationed there and visit humanitarian projects implemented through the Hungary Helps program.

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On Friday, Katalin Novák met with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid. “We agreed that international terrorism is a common enemy of our countries, and we condemn all forms of terrorism,” the Hungarian president wrote on Facebook.

Hungary’s commitment is not only in words, but also in deeds, with a significant military force engaged in the fight against the Islamic State,”

she added.

Featured photo via Facebook/Novák Katalin


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