Foreign Minister: The government is working in two directions to fight ISIS

Baghdad- INA

Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein confirmed today, Friday, that the Iraqi government is working in two directions, the first to fight ISIS, and the second to open up the region.

Hussein said during a lecture at the Austrian Diplomatic Academy entitled “The Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership” results, challenges, and opportunities, and in the presence of the president of the academy and a large number of political figures and researchers in the Middle East, according to a ministry statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that “the Iraqi government’s vision in Working in two directions, the first revolves around developing a strategic security plan to confront the terrorist cells of “ISIS”, while the second is embodied in opening channels for regional dialogue and understanding on the basis of cooperation and partnerships that serve the interests of Iraq and the countries of its regional neighbours.

Hussein pointed out to "the political and security repercussions in Iraq and the Middle East after 2003, and the efforts made by the Iraqi army and security forces, and the international coalition forces in combating the remnants of the terrorist Daesh, which is a product of political changes in Iraq and some countries in the region, and the transition to the free democratic practice that It faced the rejection of some regional and local parties affected by the process of change, which led to the entry of al-Qaeda and ISIS into Iraq after 2004, which led to a sectarian conflict in Iraq, and as a result, ISIS was able to control a number of provinces in western and northern Iraq and reached the outskirts of the region Kurdistan and the capital, Baghdad," referring to "The efforts of the Iraqi forces to stand in the face of terrorism with the help of the international coalition forces and other countries outside the coalition, and that the Iraqi government is currently working to achieve security and stability through the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States of America to reduce combat forces and retain military advisors to train Iraqi forces and exchange experiences and security information. 

The Foreign Minister noted "the successes achieved by the Iraqi government in this direction through the holding of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership on 28/8/2021, which received wide participation from the regional neighbors and brotherly and friendly countries, where the conferences came out with important recommendations embodied in the Baghdad Summit Declaration, Which is the result of the balanced policy pursued by Iraq and Iraqi diplomacy with neighboring countries not to favor one party over another, and to work for the interest of all parties that, as a result, are in the interest of Iraq in terms of achieving security, stability and economic development, and the interest of the peoples of the region with which the Iraqi people have historical relations deeply represented by borders, culture and religion.