(2 Sep 2020) French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by Iraqi President Barham Salih after arriving in Baghdad on Wednesday.
Macron is the first head of state to visit the Iraqi capital since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq's former intelligence chief, formed a new government in May.
The French leader is expected to meet al-Kadhimi following talks with Salih during his one-day trip, which comes amid a severe economic crisis and pandemic that has put a huge strain on Iraqi politics.
Speaking in Lebanon on Tuesday night, Macron said he would discuss the case of French citizens who fought with the Islamic State (IS) group, which was defeated in Iraq in 2017.
Nearly a dozen French IS members have been sentenced to death before Iraqi courts.
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