Iraqi vice-president meets Pope Tawadros in Cairo

Cairo - Pope Tawadros II, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, hosted Iraq’s Vice President Iyad Allawy in Cairo’s St. Mark Cathedral as part of a visit paid by the Iraqi official to Egypt.

Allawi started his visit to Cairo on Wednesday, as he held meetings with a number of Egyptian officials, including President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. 

Allawi discussed ways to push forward the bilateral relations between the two countries and to increase cooperation in different political, economic and social fields.

Pope Tawadros provided the Coptic icon of the Holy Family’s visit to Egypt to the Iraqi official during their meeting at the papal headquarters