Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani (left) shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, Dec. 9, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi premier's office)
Leaders of BRICS countries pose for a group photo on the inauguration of the 15th summit of the grouping in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2023. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry/HO/AFP)
The meeting between the delegations of KRG Minister of Finance and Economy and Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in the Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Trucks loaded with UN humanitarian aid for Syria wait parked at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey, on 10 February 2023 (Photo: Ghaith Alsayed/AP).
Iran's FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) shaking hands with Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang (C) during a meeting in Beijing, April 6, 2023. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry/AFP)
The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, at a meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran, June 12, 2021. (Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP)
President Masoud Barzani (right), during his meeting with Zhu Rui, the Assistant Minister of the International Department of the Communist Central Committee, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) shaking hands with outgoing Chinese Consul General Ni Ruchi in Erbil, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi laying the foundation stone for a project to build 1,000 schools in the country, June 18, 2022 (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (center) during his meeting with China's outgoing Ambassador to Iraq Zhang Tao, (left), Feb. 14, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi PM media office)