Al-Araji: Iraq welcomes any international effort to help combat drugs

Baghdad-INA 

National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji confirmed today, Thursday, that Iraq welcomes any international effort to help combat drugs.

The media office of the National Security Adviser said, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the National Security Adviser, Qassem Al-Araji, received in his office the Norwegian ambassador, Aspen Lindbeck, and during the meeting, they reviewed the relations of cooperation and friendship between Iraq and Norway, and ways to develop them, in a way that serves the interests of the two friendly countries and peoples. 

Al-Araji assured the Norwegian ambassador that "the terrorist ISIS still poses a threat to the region and the world, and Iraq continues to fight terrorist elements until they are eliminated," noting that "the Iraqi forces have great experience in the field of combating terrorism, and they need the support of friendly countries in the areas of exchange." Information, expertise and cyber security. 

Al-Araji stressed, according to the statement, "the importance of dismantling the Syrian al-Hol camp, as it poses a real danger to the region and the world," again.

Al-Araji also renewed, "Iraq welcomes any international effort to help combat drugs," noting that "it is a pest that poses a threat to societies, and combating it is a priority for the Iraqi government.".

For his part, the Norwegian ambassador confirmed, "His country has returned its nationals from Al-Hol camp, with the exception of a child and two women."