Finland opens honorary consulate in Mosul

Finland has opened an honorary consulate in Mosul, Iraq with the view to demonstrate its support for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Finnish Ambassador to Iraq Vesa Häkkinen together with Governor of the Nineveh Governorate Najm Al-Jubouri, inaugurated the consulate on 18 March, said the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a press release on Monday.

The honorary consulate in Mosul is the first foreign honorary consulate of Finland.

In 2014, Mosul suffered very serious damages after terrorist organisation ISIL took control of the city. The battle for Mosul ended in a victory over ISIL in July 2017.

The newly appointed honorary consul of Finland in Mosul, Nouri Al-Mosawi, has an extensive knowledge of business life in Iraq, the Middle East, and Finland.

The key task of the honorary consul of Finland in Mosul is to work in cooperation with the embassy of Finland in Baghdad and promote the commercial, economic, and cultural relations between Finland and Iraq, and especially between Finland and the district under the jurisdiction of the honorary consulate.