The French Ambassador to Iraq, Marc Baréty, has hailed the Supreme Religious Authority’s role for defending human values and for encouraging cultural and scientific cooperation and peaceful coexistence among all people.
This came in an official visit by the International Media of the Holy Shrine of Imam Husayn by the French Embassy in Baghdad to form cultural connections with the European country.
Baréty asserted, “The Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf and the Holy Shrines have played a vital role in protecting Iraq’s soil through their firm stance against terrorism,”
He stressed France’s willingness to support Iraq by all means in its war against Daesh.
From his part, the head of International Media, Hasan-Ali Kadhim, explained the Shrine’s media including its publications in various languages and its international activities that aim to disseminate the peaceful and humanitarian message of Imam Husayn to all parts of the world.