Tokayev sent a telegram to the President of Iraq

Tengrinews.kz — President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a telegram to the President of Iraq, according to Akorda.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Nizar Amidi on his election as President of Iraq.

The Head of State wished him success in implementing his political initiatives aimed at ensuring the prosperity of Iraq and its people.

The President of Kazakhstan also expressed confidence that bilateral cooperation, based on the ties of traditional friendship and mutual support, would continue to develop.

It should be recalled that on April 11, the Iraqi parliament elected Nizar Amidi as the country’s new president. This brought an end to a political crisis that had lasted for nearly five months and had hindered the formation of government.

In the second round of voting, Amidi received 227 votes, significantly ahead of his opponent Muthanna Amin Nader, who was backed by 15 deputies. Another seven ballots were declared invalid.

Amidi, 58, nominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, became Iraq’s sixth president since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003.