France offers 1.15 bln USD loan to Iraq for reconstruction

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks at a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim (not in the picture) 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)