Abadi's office said the one-day trip is aimed at uniting efforts in the region "to help Iraq in its war against the terrorist group."
The Iraqi leader is bringing his ministers for oil, electricity, the economy and commerce. Tehran and Baghdad conduct $4.2 billion in trade a year.
Tehran is a key supporter of the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government and reports say it has sent troops inside Iraq to fight the militants. The Islamic State group has mounted a months-long campaign and taken over a vast swath of land in Iraq and Syria as its seeks to create a religious caliphate aimed at imposing its strict interpretation of Sharia law.
Abadi's trip comes as the Iraqi government, for the first time since 2010, has a full slate of national security ministers, after filling the defense and interior portfolios on Saturday.voanews.com
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Iraqi city falls to ISIL as army withdraws. (ISIL/ISIS "100 percent control" Hit in Anbar, says police colonel)
Iran slams US-led anti-ISIS coalition 'illegitimate'
Iranian cleric accuses Saudi Arabia of funding ISIL/ISIS
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Iraqi PM Due in Tehran for Talks on ISIL Fight, Mutual Ties ...
ReplyDeleteIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is set to pay an official visit to Tehran this week to meet and confer with senior Iranian officials.
According to a statement released by Abadi’s office on Sunday, he will arrive in the Iranian capital for a one-day visit on Monday with the fight against the ISIL Takfiri militants being atop of his agenda.
The statement further noted that the trip is part of the Iraqi prime minister's bid to unite the efforts made in the region to help Iraq in its war against the terrorist group.
Abadi will also explore ways of boosting cooperation between Baghdad and Tehran in the fields of energy, housing, reconstruction and other areas during his visit.
Meanwhile, Iraqi armed forces have begun mop-up operations against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists operating in the northern parts of the Arab country.
http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=176999&cid=19&fromval=1
19/10/14
Iraqi PM in Tehran for crisis talks on ISIL ...
ReplyDeleteIraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi arrived in Tehran late Sept. 20 on his first visit to Iran since taking office after the crisis triggered by the advance of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
Iraqi state television said Abadi, whose country remains beset by ISIL, arrived shortly before midnight for talks with Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani about the ongoing battle, which has drawn in U.S. and other international air strikes.
ISIL fighters hold towns just a few kilometers from the Iranian border, and the Islamic republic has been reported by senior Kurdish officials to have deployed troops inside Iraq.
Abadi's visit is all the more important given his surprise elevation to the premiership after the removal in August of Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister whom Iran had resolutely backed since 2006 until this summer's cataclysmic events.
Maliki's armed forces failed in the face of a lightning surge by ISIL fighters into Iraq from Syria, eventually resulting in him stepping down from the top job after Iran publicly endorsed Abadi's candidature as premier...................................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraqi-pm-in-tehran-for-crisis-talks-on-isil.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73254&NewsCatID=352
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