Political Background Discussion with H. Em. Ammar Al-Hakim

Berlin, May 29, 2008

H. Em. Ammar Al-Hakim, Vice President of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, addressed members of the German Bundestag as well as representatives of the Federal Foreign Office and selected think tanks on the political situation in Iraq. Further topics of discussion included the economic possibilities in Iraq as well as Iraq’s relations to its neighbours.

The Political Background Discussion with H. Em. Ammar Al-Hakim continues the tradition of dialogue in the Körber-Foundation with high ranking representatives from the Middle East. This series includes Political Breakfasts with H.R.H. Prince Saud Al-Faisal , Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, S.H. Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan , Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Hassan Rohani , member of the Supreme National Security Council, the Expediency Council and members of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Saeed Jalili , Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 132nd Bergedorf Round Tables on (Dubai, 2005), the 133rd Bergedorf Round Table on (Washington D.C., 2006), the 136th Bergedorf Round Table on (Istanbul 2007), the 139th Bergedorf Round Table on (Damascus, February 2008) and the field trip of the Körber Network Foreign Policy to Iran.

Körber Foundation regularly invites a small circle of senior Berlin foreign policy decision-makers to its Background Discussions . As in the Bergedorf Round Table, the discussions take place confidentially and away from public attention.