Abd al-Karim Qasim
During the first months after the coup, the government succeeded in reducing the number of coup supporters in the leading army positions and at the same reduced UAR socialist laws and regulations. Instead of maintaining strong relations with Egypt's ally, the USSR, better relations were established with West Germany and Iraq. On March 16, 1962 President Nazim al-Kudsi met with Iraq's Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim.