The cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iraq, interparliamentary cooperation in particular has been expanding recent years.
MP Ganira Pashayeva told the statement to the next plenary session of the Parliament.
According to the MP, relations between the working groups of the Azerbaijani and Iraqi parliaments are extending and mutual visits are increasing.
"But unfortunately, Azerbaijan still does not have embassy in Iraq."
The MP said that according to official data, Iraq has nearly 2m people of Turkish origin.
"Given this, they also raise this issue during the visit to Azerbaijan that Azerbaijan should have an embassy in Iraq, just like Iraq has the embassy in Azerbaijan."
Pashayeva said that Azerbaijan had embassies in majority of neighboring countries of Iraq.
"The opening of Azerbaijani embassy in Iraq would be a very important step."
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