Ambassador Wadee Al-Batti is reacting to a Philippine government reiteration of a travel ban to high-risk countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Lebanon, Jordan and Somalia.
He says peace and order have greatly improved in Iraq since the Philippines first imposed the ban in 2004, but that no country can guarantee against terrorist attacks.
Al-Batti says Iraq needs 3 million houses, thousands of schools and more than 100 hospitals.
The Philippines banned its citizens from working in Iraq in July 2004 but some 4,000 Filipinos were allowed to remain there to finish their contracts.
source: yahoonews
