Denmark–Iraq relations

Danish-Iraqi relations

Denmark	Iraq

Danish-Iraqi relations are foreign relations between Denmark and Iraq. Denmark has an embassy in Baghdad and a trade office in Basra, Iraq has an embassy in Copenhagen.

On March 21, 2003, the Danish Parliament decided to support U.S. military action in Iraq and, in fact, contribute naval assets to the war.

In 2006, the Iraqi Transport Minister Salam al-Malki announced freezing all economic relations with Danish and Norwegian companies in protest against insulting cartoons published in the countries newspapers.^[1]

With a total Iraqi population in Denmark numbering around 12,000, there are organizations such as the Iraqi-Danish Culture Days, which is currently organized in the capital of Copenhagen.^[2]

Iraqi reaction to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemned the cartoons but also commented about militants who discredit Islam by their acts. Sistani underlined how un-Islamic acts of extremism are used as justification to attack Islam.^[3]

See also

• Foreign relations of Denmark
• Foreign relations of Iraq
• Iraqis in Denmark
• Dancon/Irak
• Iraq and the European Union

References

1. ^ Iraq-Denmark-Freeze
2. ^ Iraqi-Danish Culture Days Festival in Copenhagen
3. ^ (Turkish) Hurriyet.com.tr. "Protestolar yayılıyor". work. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/3883627.asp?m=1&gid=69. Retrieved 2006-02-03. 

External links

• Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen (Arabic)
• Embassy of Denmark in Baghdad