PM directs the formation of a joint committee between Iraq and NATO

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani directed, today, Wednesday, the formation of a committee between Iraq and NATO to discuss all frameworks of cooperation, while he renewed the importance of international and UN organizations and major countries assuming their roles and responsibilities towards stopping the aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received, today, Wednesday, the Commander of the NATO Mission in Iraq, Lieutenant General Lukas Schweizers," indicating that "ways of security and military cooperation between Iraq and the alliance countries were discussed, in light of the end of the mission of the international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq."

He added that "the Prime Minister was briefed on the outcomes of the high-level meeting between Iraq and the alliance, which was held in Brussels last August."

He directed "the formation of a joint committee between the two sides, headed by the Iraqi side by the National Security Advisor; to discuss all frameworks of cooperation," noting "Iraq's desire to move to bilateral cooperation with the alliance countries that participated in the international coalition, and to enhance the areas of training and joint advice with the Iraqi armed forces, especially after our forces have acquired advanced levels of technical and field effectiveness.".

He touched on the developments in the security situation in the region, with the continued Zionist aggression on Gaza and Lebanon, threatening regional peace, and its attempts to expand the conflict, reiterating the importance of "international and UN organizations and major countries assuming their roles and responsibilities towards stopping the aggression and preventing the genocide of the steadfast Palestinian people."