The “American Space” at the American University of Iraq-Baghdad (AUIB) hosted Mr. David Burger, Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad, for a discussion with AUIB students on US-Iraqi relationships and their relevance to the aspirations and expectations held by the young educated Iraqi generation.
AUIB President, Dr. Michael Mulnix, welcomed the diplomat and introduced him to the audience, reiterating the University’s keenness on developing its partnership with the US embassy in Baghdad, and stressing the important role of that partnership in advancing higher education in Iraq and the broader region.
In turn, Mr. Burger thanked AUIB for the opportunity to meet and discuss with its students, saying to the latter, “those of you studying at AUIB and at universities around the country are the future of Iraq. Your generation is more educated, more connected with the rest of the world, and more aware of what true opportunity, democracy, and prosperity should look like.”