The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (L), poses with Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA), Dominique Baudis (L), poses with Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, on November 18, 2009 during a visit at the institute in Paris. France laid the groundwork on November 16 for deeper ties with Iraq, signing two deals aimed at putting French know-how back in play in the country six years after Paris shunned the U.S.-led war to topple Saddam Hussein.

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