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<p>The UK is committed to supporting the Government of Iraq as it completes formalisation
of the Cabinet and we look forward to the announcement of a Minister for High Education.
I recently visited Iraq and met with representatives from the Iraqi Government including
the Prime Minister; Adil Abdul Mehdi and President Barham Salih where I reinforced
the importance of reintegration of minority communities to ensure stabilisation.</p><p>Our
Ambassador in Iraq, Jon Wilks, met with a representative from the Iraqi Government
recently where discussion centred on Iraq's plans and priorities for Education, and
future arrangements where the British and Iraqi Higher Education Institutions might
work together. The British Council EC Schools Capacity Building Project in Primary
and Secondary Education has developed a Human Rights curriculum, with the Ministry
of Education, which they are hoping to pilot in Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Anbar and other
provinces.</p><p>I am aware that recently the Kurdistan Regional Government began
discussions on teaching the history of all religions and we welcome these discussions.</p>
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