Embassy of Iraq, London

The Embassy of Iraq in London is the diplomatic mission of Iraq in the United Kingdom.[1] It was opened at its current site in 2012, having been closed since 2003 with the start of the Iraq War.[2]

Embassy of Iraq in London
Location	South Kensington, London
Address	21 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5JE
Coordinates	51.4994°N 0.1805°W / 51.4994; -0.1805
Ambassador	Jaafar Alsadr

The Kurdistan Regional Government in also maintains an office at 23 Buckingham Gate, Westminster.[3]

Iraq also maintains a Consular Section at 3 Elvaston Place, South Kensington, a Military Attaché Office at 48 Gunnersbury Avenue, Gunnersbury, a Cultural Attaché's Office at 14-15 Child's Place, Earl's Court and a Commercial Attaché Office at 7-10 Leadenhall Street, City of London.[4]

Whilst preparing for the re-opening of the embassy in 2005 Iraqi diplomats found numerous guns, ammunition and surveillance equipment hidden in the embassy. It is assumed that these were left over from Iraqi agents during the Saddam Hussein-era. Iraqi agents had been implicated in several attempted assassinations in the capital during the 1970s-1980s, including the assassination of former Iraqi Prime Minister Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif in 1978.[5]

Gallery

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  Plaque outside the embassy in Arabic and English depicting the Coat of arms of Iraq

References

1. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
2. "Minister Zebari Re-Opens Iraqi Embassy to London". 11 July 2012.
3. "KRG offices abroad". 14 December 2013.
4. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 8 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
5. "Arms cache found at Iraqi embassy". 9 June 2005.

External links

• Official site