PM directs vigilance and readiness for any urgent security developments

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, directed, today, Thursday, vigilance and readiness for urgent security developments.

The Prime Minister's Media Office stated - in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) - that "the Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, visited the headquarters of the Baghdad Operations Command, where he was briefed on the details of the security plans and the progress of security work, in the presence of the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations, the Commander of Baghdad Operations, the Personal Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, and a number of security and military officials and leaders.".

The statement added that "al-Sudani stressed during the visit the need for vigilance and constant readiness for emergency security developments, as well as raising the level of intelligence and information coordination between the security services in the operations sectors, updating security plans, and relying on modern technological means to achieve security stability that supports the government's plans to continue providing services and establishing comprehensive development projects."

Al-Sudani stressed according to the statement "the importance of intensifying the ability to quickly address security challenges, and he also stressed the need to take into account the members and provide them with all means of support, so that they can perform their duty to the fullest extent, as well as taking into account dealing with citizens under the law and the constitution, and in a manner that preserves the prestige of the state."