The College of Law at the University of Basrah organized a seminar on diplomacy and the art of political negotiation.
The seminar aims to show that diplomacy has an impact on the formulation of political decisions, as it settles disputes and crises that may arise between countries, as well as enhances and strengthens international relations, and it has an important role in the scope of foreign policy. Also, it is one of the means of political negotiation and works to achieve consensus between the divergent views of countries, and this is represented in accordance with negotiations, good offices and mediation.
The seminar showed that relations between states, no matter how complex, and before they reach advanced stages of complexity and then a crisis, and thus that crisis is resolved by one of the methods, either peacefully or by using force and then war, negotiations are a tool of diplomacy to implement foreign decisions and to solve international political crises.
The seminar also discussed that diplomacy is the art of managing international relations and directing them through dialogue and the art of international negotiation, which is carried out by the owners or members of the diplomatic corps.
