By SPA,
Manama : Bahrain said on Sunday it was setting up a new embassy in Baghdad and selecting an ambassador to Iraq, Reuters reported.
“We are currently choosing an ambassador. We have finished deciding where the embassy should be. We have an agreement with the Iraqi government,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa told a news conference.
“It just remains to choose the ambassador and as a result of the security situation it is … not easy. For the person chosen or those who choose him.”
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan visited Iraq on Thursday.