President Rashid: Baghdad and other Iraqi cities are securely improved and stabilized

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President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid said on Wednesday that the capital Baghdad and the rest of the Iraqi cities are witnessing improvement and stability, which contributes to the success of the government's program, while noting that Iraq seeks to develop its military and intelligence capabilities in cooperation with friends.
 
 
A statement by the media Office of the Presidency of the Republic, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said that "the President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, received the Commander of the NATO Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples, Admiral Stuart B. Munsch, and Commander of NATO Mission Iraq, Lieutenant General Giovanni M. Iannucci."
 
 
The statement added that "during the meeting, they reviewed the tasks carried out by the mission in Iraq, and its role in providing advice and training to the Iraqi security forces for the purpose of qualifying them and raising their military capabilities."
 
"Iraq seeks to develop its military and intelligence capabilities in co-operation with friends in order to consolidate security and stability in Iraqi cities, in a way that enhances its efforts to combat terrorism and eliminate its hideouts," Rashid said.
 
President Rashid spoke about his recent visit to Davos and the discussions that took place on the current war between Russia and Ukraine, stressing what he pointed out at the conference that "wars and conflicts cause material, economic and military losses and civilian casualties."
 
He expressed his hope that "conflicts and wars will end so that peace will prevail in the world," recalling the absurd wars that Iraq has gone through, which have caused huge sums of money to be spent, halted the country's development, and has negative economic impacts in most fields.
 
 
"The capital Baghdad and the rest of the Iraqi cities have been witnessing improvement and stability during the last two years, which contributes to the success of the government's programme, to which we provide procedural facilities to implement its programme, especially with regard to important strategic projects, which has positively reflected on public life, as it has witnessed development in providing necessary services and rehabilitating infrastructure," he said.
 
"Seeking to improve the situation by attracting investments and advancing the reality of the Iraqi economy, especially the project to develop and expand the Faw Industrial City, modernize transportation, petrochemical industries and renewable energy, stop burning gas and benefit industrially from it, in addition to hosting sports conferences and festivals, upgrading the reality of education and reforming the march of this vital sector," he said.
 
 
He pointed to his visit to Algeria and Egypt and the desire of Arab countries to cooperate to consolidate the stability of Iraq as it will contribute to the stability of the entire Middle East region because of Iraq's strategic importance and influence on the Arab region.
 
Rashid referred to "improving relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan region as they serve the stability of Iraq, as well as the situation related to the security of the Iraqi borders, especially with neighboring Turkey, and joint discussions related to the issue of water and the safety and security of citizens, which the Iraqi army is achieving in cooperation with the Peshmerga forces on the Iraqi border."
 
 
He praised "NATO's positions in support of Iraq in its war against terrorism, and its role in the framework of military capacity-building programs and the provision of security consultations," expressing his hope "to continue cooperation in order to achieve the desired goals in enhancing the country's security."
 
 
For his part, the Commander of the NATO Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples expressed "the alliance's desire to consolidate relations with Iraq in the next stage," stressing "the importance of joint action and coordination to combat terrorism, and the need for the mission to communicate with various Iraqi parties in a way that contributes to the success of its missions in Iraq."