France offers 1.15 bln USD loan to Iraq for reconstruction

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (C) takes a tour inside the Foreign Ministry of Iraq with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim (front, L), in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 14, 2019. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that his government granted one billion euros (1.15 billion U.S. dollars) loan to Iraq to support reconstruction and stability efforts in the areas destroyed by the war against the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)