DUBAI: The European Union is undertaking efforts to remove Iraq from the list of high-risk countries, the EU ambassador to Iraq said on Tuesday, according to Al Arabiya TV. Foreign powers use Iraq as a proxy battlefield, Martin Huth said, adding that the danger of Iraq becoming a failed state carried disastrous repercussions for the region. The EU listed Iraq as a high-risk country for money laundering and terrorist financing, along with North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, in May last year. Over the past years, the money laundering trade in Iraq had been fueled by several sources, including oil and drug smuggling, as well as arms trade.