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The UK promised to return more than 5,000
artefacts to Iraq. The announcement was made by the UK
during the
of Iraq's Prime Minister to London this week. The return of antiquities is the
ever by the UK. Many of the
were stolen and smuggled out of Iraq over the past
. A lot of this happened after the Iraqi wars
this century. There is a profitable trade in stolen artefacts. Iraq's
in London thanked the UK for its
. He said: "We extend our gratitude...for their efforts and
with us."