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.
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On March 21, 2003, the Danish Parliament decided to support U.S. military action in Iraq and contribute naval assets to the war.
In 2006, the Iraqi Transport Minister Salam al-Malki announced a freeze on all economic relations with Danish and Norwegian companies in protest against insulting cartoons published in the countries' newspapers.[1]
With the total Iraqi population in Denmark numbering around 29,600, there are organizations such as the Iraqi-Danish Culture Days, which are currently organized in the Danish capital Copenhagen.[2]
Iraqi reaction to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
editShia 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
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edit- ^ Iraq-Denmark-Freeze Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Iraqi-Danish Culture Days Festival in Copenhagen Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hurriyet.com.tr. "Protestolar yayılıyor". work (in Turkish). Retrieved 2006-02-03.
