Al-Kadhimi opens an investigation into the Green Zone demonstration

politics

5-11-2021, 17:44

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Baghdad-INA

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, directed today, Friday, a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the events of the Green Zone, while calling on the various political parties to calm down and resort to dialogue.

The Security Media Cell said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, directed a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of Friday's events in various areas in the vicinity of the Green Zone, and to present the results of the investigation."

Al-Kadhimi stressed, according to the statement, that "the strict instructions of the security forces in professional dealing with the demonstrations are valid, and that respect for basic human rights, especially the right to demonstrate and express opinion, is one of the basics that the government has committed to.".

Al-Kadhimi called on the various political parties to calm down and resort to dialogue, while he called on the demonstrators to exercise their legitimate rights by adopting peace and avoiding violence in any form, level and means.