Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein instructed the permanent representation of Iraq in Jeddah to renew Iraq’s request to hold an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to study the recurrence of insulting the Holy Quran.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, said in a statement: The Minister of Foreign Affairs directed to send a memorandum to the Arab League on the developments of the incident of insulting the Holy Quran.
He stressed that the governmental measures regarding the incident of burning the Holy Qur’an come within the framework of respecting the monotheistic religions.
He explained that urgent diplomatic procedures began to withdraw our Embassy from Stockholm and activate the departure of the Swedish ambassador from Baghdad.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency