Baghdad, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein affirmed: “The Iraqi government has put on the dialogue table the common security challenge among Baghdad, Tehran and Ankara regarding terrorist groups and how to end their presence.”
A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: “Hussein participated in a panel discussion entitled “The Middle East, a meeting point … or a battlefield”, in the presence of the Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, the Dutch Minister of Defense Casey Olenkren, and the Jordanian Minister of Finance Muhammad Al-Esis and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Krondberk.
During his speech, the Minister indicated that Iraq, since 2003, has followed the path of democracy to deal with the internal situation of the country, and the link between internal and regional politics in confronting the region’s tensions, pointing out: “Iraq’s current status is qualitative, because of its good relations with many countries of the world, investing these relations to play an important and essential role,” pointing to the turning points in foreign policy, which resulted in the “Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership,” in its first editions in Baghdad and the second in Amman.
The Minister stressed: “Security inside Iraq affects regional security, and the matter is inversely related as well,” referring to the need for regional security through the use of the language of dialogue in easing tensions.
He explained: “Iraq is against any kind of war,” noting: “There are some problems with Turkey and Iran regarding the issue of the attacks that affected Iraqi lands, under the pretext of the presence of some armed organizations that threaten the security of the regions of neighboring countries.”
The Minister pointed out: “The Iraqi government has put on the dialogue table the common security challenge among Baghdad, Tehran and Ankara regarding these groups and organizations, and preparation for a vision on how to end their presence, in light of the commitment to the Iraqi constitution,” stressing: “The language of dialogue is the only solution to the problems that must be addressed.” Its solution is from within the neighboring countries themselves, and some of them are by the Iraqi government. The Minister also called for achieving this through intensive dialogues and in a participatory manner.
He pointed out that there are some threats and challenges from the survival of the camps in Syria, especially the areas near the Iraqi border in which ISIS terrorist groups are active, which is a source of concern for the Iraqi government.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
