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Embassy of India, Baghdad celebrated Indian Festivals Dussehra and Diwali on 11 November 2023 with gaiety and fervour.

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As part of the run-up to the International Day of Yoga 2025, the Embassy of India, Baghdad organized the 2nd curtain raiser event on May 1, under this year’s theme ‘Yoga for One Earth, One Health’.
On April 29, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi met H.E. Delan Ghafoor Salih (MP), Head of Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committee.
A curtain raiser event for the 11th International Day of Yoga-25 was organised on April 23. A great enthusiasm was observed among the Iraqi Yoga practitioners.
On 16-17 April, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi attended Sulaimani Forum 2025 in Kurdistan region of Iraq.
On 22 April, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi met Dr. Yousif Mohanad, Medical Director of Watan NGO Organization.
On March 25, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi met with Major General Balasem Muhammad Hasan (DG Diplomatic Police).
On March 17, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi attended a memorial event at the Peace Palace in Baghdad to commemorate the anniversary of the 1988 Halabja genocide
On March 16, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi called on H.E. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq.
On 08 March, the Embassy of India, Baghdad organized a fitness & enlightenment session of yoga for the Iraqi women on the occasion of International women’s Day.
On February 19, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi called on H.E. Dr. Basem Hattab Al-Tu'ma, Dean of Foreign Service Institute, MoFA
On 19 February, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi called on H.E. Delan Ghafoor Salih (MP), Head of Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committee.
Announcement of 50 ICCR Scholarships slots to Iraq under the Atal Bihari Vajypayee General Scholarship Scheme (A1201) (formerly known as General Scholarship Scheme) for the academic year 2025-26.
On February 10, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi, accompanied by Consul General, Erbil Madan Gopal, visited the Halabja Hospital in Iraqi Kurdistan to hand over the consignment of medicines, gifted by the Government of India as part of ‘India for Humanity’ initiative.
Consulate General of India, Erbil hosted a reception on the occasion of the 76th Republic Day of India at Radisson Hotel, Erbil. Ambassador Soumen Bagchi & the chief guest H.E. Safeen Dizayee, Head of Department of Foreign Relations, Kurdistan Regional Government, delivered keynote remarks. Closing remarks was made by Consul General Madan Gopal. H.E. Fawzi Hariri, President of Diwan, H.E. Omed Xoshnaw, Governor of Erbil, Mr. Noori Othman, Chief of Staff to the President & Mr. Shaban Chali, Head of the Office of PM of the Kurdistan Region also graced the occasion.
On January 28, Ambassador Soumen Bagchi called on H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan.

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