MOI announces completing the 2nd phase of the border wall

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  • 20-08-2022, 13:25
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    Baghdad-INA
     
    The Director of Relations and Information at the Ministry of Interior, Major General Saad Maan, confirmed on Saturday, completing second phase of the concrete wall along the border triangle between Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
     
    Maan said in a statement to Al-Iraqiya state TV, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "the Work is ongoing on the concrete wall over vast distances of up to 15 kilometers," noting that "the second phase of the wall is in the border triangle between Iraq, Turkey and Syria."
     
    He pointed out that” The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces  recommends to pay special attention to the border situation," noting that” the visit of the security delegation headed by Interior Minister Othman Al-Ghanimi was to oversee the border situation and the ongoing fortifications."
     
    He added that "The delegation was briefed on the border strip towards the area of Fishkhabour, the Iraqi-Turkish-Syrian triangle, and followed up the fortifications in terms of the concrete wall, wires, trenches cameras, and the intelligence and field efforts."