STATUS OF IRAQI MISSIONS ABROARD AND FOREIGN MISSIONS IN BAGHDAD SINCE THE GULF WAR

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• Case Number: F-2009-00814
• Publication Date: January 22, 2001

Status of Iraqi Missions Abroad and Fore' n
Missions in Baghdad Since the Gulf Wart
(b)(1)
(b)(3).
APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 13-May-2009 -
Reciprocal Presence in
Baghdad in 200P
Status Since Before the
Gulf War?
Iraqi Presence Abroad
in 200P
Status Since Before the
Gulf War?
Afghanistan
#Yes
Same
No
Same -
Albania
No
Same
No
Same-
Ausitia
No (planning to
reopen)
Downgrade
Yes
Azerbaijan
No
Same
Yes
Upgrade from consulate to
embassy
Bolivia
No
Same
No; nonresident
ambassador in Brazil
Same
Ecuador
No -
Same
No: nonresident.
ambassador in Brazil
Same
Finland
No
Downgrade
Yes
Same
France
_.. , .. -
Interests section
(Romanian Embassy)
Downgrade from
embassy to interests
section
Interests section
(Moroccan Embassy)
Downgrade from embassy
to interests section
No; nonresident
ambassador in Nigeria
Same
 Country
Reciproeal Presenc
Baghdad In 2001?
e in '
Status Since Before the, Iraqi Presence Abroad Status Since Before the
Gulf Warb in 2001' Gulf War?
Holy See (Vatican City)
Yes
Same
Yes
Upgrade
Hungary
Yes
Same
Yes
Same
Yes
NA
NA
No
Downgrade; consulate
closed
Yes
Same
Yes
Same
Interests section
(Hungarian Embassy
)
Downgrade from
embassy to interests
section.
Interests section
(Sudanese Embassy)
Downgrade from embassy
- ? to interests section
No; nonresident
ambassador in Russia
',
NA
Korea, Republic of
No ..
Downgrade
No
Downgrade
Kuwait
No
Downgrade
No
Downgrade
Lebanon
No
Same
Yes
Same
No; nonresident
ambassador in Egypt
Upgrade to nonresident
ambassador
No
Same
New Zealand #No Downgrade No
Romania Yes Same Yes Same
Russia- Yes Same Yes Same
 Country
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore.
Slovakia
Reciprocal Presence in
Baghdad in 2001?
Status Since Before the
Gulf War"
Iraqi Presence Abroad
in 2001'
Status Since Before the
Guff Wars
No
Downgrade - -
No
Downgrade
Yes
Some.
- No
Downgrade
No
Same
Nn
?W:.c.
No
No; nonresident
ambassador in Austria
NA
NA
No; nonresident
ambassador in Austria
NA
Switzerland -
Yes
Same
Yes (consulate)
Same
Syria
No; agreed to open
interests section
(Algerian Embassy)
Same
Interests section
(Algerian Embassy)
:. Upgrade,, r
I
L. .
Thailand
Yes -
Same
Yes
Same
Tunisia
Yes
Same
Yes
Same
Turkey
Yes
Same -
Yes
- Same
Istanbul
NA
NA
No
Downgrade from consulate
Uganda
Yes - -
Same
No
Same
Ukraine
Yes
Upgrade
Yes (consulate)/
opening embassy
United Arab Emirates
Yes
Same
Yes
Same
United Kingdom.
-
Interests section
(Russian Embassy)
Downgrade from
embassy to interests
section
Interests section
(Russian Embassy)',
Downgrade from embassy
to interests section
United States
Interests section
(Polish Embassy)
Downgrade from .
- embassy to interests
Interests section
(Algerian Embassy)
. Downgrade from embassy
(to interests section
? This list reflects information available as of 22 January 20D1
"Upgrade, "Downgrade," and "Same' represent changes in me status o the diplomatic mission along the following levels: no repre-
sentation, interests section, consulate, or embassy. Incomplete data precludes the listing of upgrades or downgrades based on the rank of
the senior diplomat present, such as ambassador or charge..
Yugoslavia (former) Yes
-1 -1
---Embassy closed, but manned by local staff.
NA-Not applicable.
 Afghanistan Charge Sayid Sharif Yousofi (as of March 1996)
Albania Nonresident Ambassador Hqi Fast Shtalbi (Ambassador in Egypt)
Algeria Ambassador Tayyib at-Sadi
Austria Frz Sc t:1ca_-. (c::p:.ct:.l wrivai)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bclarus .
Chad
China
Ambassador Md. Fazlur Rabman
ChargelharSyrets
Ambassador.Mahamat Djibir Ahnour
Ambassador Zhang Weigiu
Czech Republic Charge Miroslav Belica
Djibouti Ambassador [driss Ahmed Chirwa
Egypt Charge Mahmoud Sharif Rihan
France Head of Mission Andre Javier
Greece Charge Konstandinos Bikas
Holy See (Vatican City)
Hungary
Apostolic Nuncio Most Revemnd Giuseppe Lazzarotto
Ambassador Tamas Varga
Indonesia Ambassador Moebramsjah
Iran Charge Amir Said Imvani
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Malta
PLO
il-a.
.~_. Philippines
Poland
Romania Charge Gheorghe Tsarlescu
Russia Ambassador Aleksander Shein
Senegal Ambassador Doudou Diop
Slovakia - Charge loaf Marhetka
Head of Mission Gian Ludovico de Martino
Nonresident Charge in Jordan Masashi Kono
Ambassador Humud Mufih al-Qatarinah
Administrative Specialist Ilyas Nambam
Head of the Libyan People's Bureau Abbas Abroad a]-Massaraii
Ambassador Abdul Latif Bin Awang
Charge Nader Salem Rim
Ambassador Moulayc Abdallah Ould Moulaye El Hacene (left after relations
were severed in November 1999) - - /'
Ambassador Abdel Wahab Balogi (ended tenure in June 1999)
Ambassador Nuradeen Allyn Bamako -
Ambassador Azzam Ahmad
Ambassador Manzar Shafiq
Ambassador Reynaldo Pamngao
Ambassador Roman Chalaczkiewicz
 Foreign Diplomats at Missions in Baghdad
as of 22 January 200"continued)
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan '
. Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Charge Valderrama de Pareja
Acting Charge Farouque (as of November 1998)
.^.-Sc ua& AGAdam2.iuhammad Atimad
Charge Apichan Varnayana
Ambassador Habib Ben Tekaia (as of August 1997)
Ambassador Mebmet Akat `
- Head of Mission Muzaffar Abdullah Amin
Head of Mission Krzysztof Bemacki
Charge Francisco Torres Gonzalez
Ambassador Nguyen Van Linh
Ambassador Muhammad Abdullah al-Sham.
' This list reflects information available as of 22 January 2001.
 Country
Bangladesh
Belams
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Cuba
Czech Republic
Djibouti
-1. Ecuador
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Holy Sec (Vatican City)
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakstan
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia _
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Ambassador Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadiahi
' _ .. sup. _ uuu
Charge Nahed Ali Sultan al-Ajjaj - '
Ambassador Dayf Abdel Meguid
Charge Mahdi Salih Hammudi al-Samarrai -
Nonresident Ambassador Ahmad al-Azzawi (Iraqi Ambassador in Brazil)
Ambassador Ahmad al-Azzawi
Ambassador Hasan Majid al-Safar
Charge Muhammad Huiayn Radhi al-Safar
Ambassador Samiral-Mimeh .
Ambassador Muhammad.Mahmud Khudhayir al-Amili
Charge Kanan Ibrahim Hasan
Ambassador Fadhel :Alabi Lafta
Nonresident Ambassador Ahmad al-Azzawi (Iraqi Ambassador in Brazil) - ?-'
Charge Himam Hasheth al-Alusi
Charge Muhammad Ridha AM fasem
Head of Mission Ghazi Faysal Husayn
Charge Shamil Abd al-Aziz Muhammad al-Hadithi
Nonresident Ambassador Amin al-Mukhtar (Iraqi Ambassador in Nigeria)
Ambassador Abd al-Muhsin Muhammad Said
Ambassador Abd al-Amir al-Anbari (awaiting Vatican approval)
Charge Mukhlif al-Samarrai ,
Ambassador Salah Abdul-Qadir Mahmud al-Mukhtar
Ambassador Sudan Jabbar al-Zubaydi
Charge Abd al-Sanar Izz al-Din Mahmud al-Rawi.
Head of Mission Ziyad Khalid'
Ambassador Qays Mahmud Musa
Ambassador Sabah Yasin Ali
Nonresident Ambassador Dr. Muzhir Numan al-Dori (Iraqi Ambassador in
Russia)
Administrative Specialist Nabil Abdullah al-Janabi
Ambassador Anwar Mawlud Dhiban at-Ayyubi
Ambassador?Adnan Malik Nusayif al-Ghazali
Charge Muwaffaq Mahmud Jasem Musa al-Ani
Ambassador Kazim Abd al-Haanid Ahmad al-Rawi (left after relations were
severed in November 1999)
Charge Faith Abd al-Masan Hazzam _ _
Ambassador Abd al-Jabbar Umar Ghani al-Dual
Charge Kifah Jamil,Kamil
 Iraqi Diplomatic Representatives at Missions
Abroad as of 22 January 2001n(continued)
Nigeria ? Ambassador Amin al-Mukhtar
Oman Ambassador Fadhil 'Abd al-Ghafur al-Shahir
Pakistan Ambassador Abd al-Karim Muhammd Aswad at-Avvawi
Tniiippiucs Ambassador Salah Nuri Hatimi al-Samarmad
Poland Ambassador Muhammad Amin Muhammad Ahmad (transfer imminent)
Portugal Charge Sabar Ahmad Rajah ad-Hadithi
Romania
Russia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka.
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland (consulate)
Syria
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine (consulate)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Ambassador Sad Humid Majid.al-Dori
Ambassador Dr. Muzhir Numan al-Dun
Nonresident Ambassador Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi (Iraqi Ambassador in
Austria)
Nonresident Ambassador Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi (Iraqi Ambassador in
Austria)
Ambassador Hikmat Muhammad Abdullah al-Ani
Charge Riyadh Abd al-Wahbab Abd al-Razzaq al-Fadhili
Ambassador Ahmad Tayis al-Tikriti
Charge Muhsin Abd al-Karim al-Haydari
Head of Mission Muhammad Rifat Ali Muhammad al-Ani
Ambassador Thamer Mahmud Salman
Ambassador Isam Sharif Muhammad al-Tikriti
Ambassador Famq Abdullab Yahya Hijazi
,.Honorary Consul Yuriy Orshanskiy
Charge Faruq .1-Ubaydi
Head of Mission Charge Muzaffar Abdallah al-Amin
Head of Mission Akram Jasim Muhammad al-Duri
Ambassador Taha Shukr Mahmud
Ambassador Abd al-Karim al-Sudani
Ambassador Taha Yasin Hasan Falih al-Bassi
Ambassador Sami Sadun al-Qati
Ambassador Muhsin Khalil
Ambassador Usama Badr
Ambassador Mumhammad al-Duri
Ambassador Naji Sabri Ahmad al-Hadithi
. Ambassador Ali Muhammad Husayn Isa al-Mashat
United States
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia (former)
Arab League, Cairo
United Nations, Geneva
United Nations, New York
United Nations, Vienna
UNESCO, Paris