Cairo - Coptic Patriarch, Pope Tawadros II hosted Iraq's Vice President Iyad Allawy in Cairo's St. Mark Cathedral in the framework of the visit conducted by the Iraqi official to Egypt. Allawi started his visit to Cairo on Wednesday, as he held meetings with a number of Egyptian officials, including President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. He discussed the ways to push forward the bilateral relations between the two countries and to increase cooperation in different political, economic and social fields. Tawadros provided the Coptic icon of the Holy Family's visit to Egypt to the Iraqi official during their meeting at papal headquarters