Though this all is so challenging since the country was liberated from terrorism, British Ambassador Stephen Hitchen said on Sunday that “optimism” about the future of Mosul and Iraq will soon prove Iraq to be a main electricity provider and trade hub in the Middle East.
In a news briefing from inside Mosul University, the Ambassador branded Mosul as a “miniature Iraq, representing challenges, tolerance, and coexistence”. He said stability in the country improved and that the past two years were better than the previous years.
Hitchen lamented “regret over the migration of many Christians due to recent events,” stating that “Mosul needs economic recovery to get back on track”.
“Mosul, the city of ancient civilization and history, deserves to be saved,” he added while checking a federal and Nineveh Governorate plan for the restoration of affected areas.
Hitchen forecasted a future for Iraq where the nation, in 2040, might have attained liberation through abolishing issues of population burden and erratic oil-pricing fluctuations. The highway plan for development might also result in Iraq’s playing a very significant role as one of the central terrestrial trade centers of the Middle East, regaining its intellectual prominence within the Arab world, and the world’s chief provider of electricity.
He said that there would be talk only when the existence of the International Coalition’s in Iraq comes to an end.
He cited, “There are complexities and agendas that need time to unravel,” “regional problems affecting Iraq,” and “third-party interference in its politics.” On this point, the UK has taken a rather more diplomatic tone over the issue while explaining the extent of security in Iraq amid the regional situation.
Additionally, he said, “Diversity in Nineveh Governorate according to this Ambassador needs comprehensive planning to ensure safety and provide comfort for everybody away from militia influence in the region, while displaced Yazidis need to return to Sinjar and focus on reconstruction.”.
Hitchen concluded his speech by stating that the situation has to be resolved to stabilize the region and underlined as well that Sinjar is very small but hides very complex issues located behind very rigid issues, both locally and regionally, that prevent residents from returning.
