“The honourable brother, Elected Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi,
I extend my warmest congratulations on your election as speaker of the Iraqi Parliament for a second term.
I wish you every success in discharging your responsibilities as I wish the new Council of Representatives would have every success to exercise all of its national and constitutional duties and carry out the tasks ahead towards forming a new government that can meet people demands and their needs.”
-Barham Salih, the President of the Republic of Iraq