Germany–Iraq relations

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German-Iraqi relations
Map indicating locations of Germany and Iraq

Germany
Iraq
German embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

German-Iraqi relations are foreign relations between Germany and Iraq. Iraq has an embassy in Berlin, while Germany maintains an embassy in Baghdad and a consulate general in Erbil.[1]

There are around 300,000 Iraqis living in Germany.[2]

History

Nazi Germany

The

'Abd al-Ilah
, who was pro-British.

East Germany

Iraq had full diplomatic recognition to East Germany then the only noncommunist regime to do so. Iraq's full diplomatic recognition of East Germany and Foreign Minister Otto Winzer's acknowledgement of the recognition were announced in Neues Deutschland on 2 May 1969.[3]

The Iraqi decision did not come entirely as a surprise since it followed an extended visit by Abdul Karim al-Shaykhli to the Soviet Union and East Germany from 20 to 31 March 1969.[4] Discussions amounted to both countries tightening relations and taking further "steps for deepening cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields". Iraq thus became the fourteenth state to recognise East Germany. In addition to the thirteen "socialist" states, it was the first of the non-aligned or "third" world state to make that decision.

Meanwhile, Iraq exported oil to East Germany,[5] which exported military vehicles and weapons to Iraq. In 1982, East Germany exported weapons both to Iran and Iraq, which were at war with each other.[6]

Relations with West Germany and Reunified Germany

Although Iraq had relations with West Germany since 1953, Iraq and the other Arab states severed relations with it for establishing of relations with Israel. The ties were later restored.[7]

After the Gulf War in 1990 to 1991 and during the occupation after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, diplomatic relations had been continued to a limited degree.

Germany, along with China, Russia, France and Belgium were against the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.[8]

In August 2014, the German government announced that it would be supplying weapons to

ISIL. The shipments include arms, armour and communications equipment. The German Ministry of Defence reported that the military aid would be enough to supply 4,000 Peshmerga forces.[9]

The military aid, worth approximately €70 million, includes 8,000

UNIMOG trucks, and 5 Dingo-1 infantry mobility vehicles.[10]

By December 2014, in support of the

military intervention against ISIL, the German cabinet approved the deployment of up to 100 Bundeswehr troops to northern Iraq to train Peshmerga forces.[11]

Trade

Estimates for 2018 put German–Iraqi trade at 1,76 billion euro. Over 600 German companies trade with Iraq. Germany imports mainly oil and exports motor vehicles, chemicals, machines and electronics.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "German missions in Iraq". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Foreigners from Iraq in Germany (2018)". Statista (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "ND-Archiv: 02.05.1969". www.nd-archiv.de. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-3-486-70738-0
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  5. ISBN 978-3-11-051014-0
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  6. ^ mdr.de. "Solidarity astray | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Liste der deutschen Botschafter im Irak", Wikipedia (in German), 21 August 2019, retrieved 25 May 2020
  8. ^ "A German View of the Iraq War - 2003-12-12 | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Germany to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq". Deutsche Welle. Deutsche Welle. dpa/AP. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  10. ^ Kimball, Spencer (1 September 2014). "German weapons deliveries to Iraq's Kurdish region". Deutsche Welle. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  11. ^ Hudson, Alexandra. Evans, Dominic (ed.). "German cabinet approves training mission to Iraq". Reuters. No. 17 December 2014. Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  12. ^ Wirtschaftswoche. "Trade volume of 1.7 billion euros: German economy relies on trade with Iraq". www.wiwo.de (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Relations of Germany and Iraq at Wikimedia Commons

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