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In Iraq, the French Minister of the Armed Forces pleads for strengthening anti-IS surveillance

2020-08-27T11:25:25.089Z


The French Minister of the Armies, Florence Parly, promised Thursday August 27 to continue to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, during a trip to Baghdad where she met her counterpart and the Iraqi president . This is the second visit by a French minister to the Iraqi capital this summer after that of the head of diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in July. Read also: In I...


The French Minister of the Armies, Florence Parly, promised Thursday August 27 to continue to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, during a trip to Baghdad where she met her counterpart and the Iraqi president . This is the second visit by a French minister to the Iraqi capital this summer after that of the head of diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in July.

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Ms. Parly met her Iraqi counterpart Jumaa Enad Al-Joubouri and President Barham Saleh, and is due to meet with Prime Minister Moustafa al-Kazimi before going to the Kurdistan region (north). During a joint press conference with Mr. Enad, she assured that France hoped to resume the training and arming of the Iraqi security forces "as soon as possible ", which had been suspended due to the Covid pandemic. 19.

Iraq trapped for years

Florence Parly also indicated that she had discussed with Mr. Inad the reinforcement of the means of surveillance of the Iraqi security forces " on the ground as in the air space " to defeat the sleeper cells of the IS still active in desert regions. We are convinced that the fight against Daesh (Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group, editor's note) is not over. We are by your side, ”she said.

Iraq has been caught for years between its allies, Washington and Tehran themselves enemies, a position that has become increasingly difficult since the start in 2018 of a campaign of " maximum pressure " by the United States against the United States. Iran, with the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal and the reinstatement of harsh economic sanctions.

In January, a powerful Iranian general and his Iraqi lieutenant were killed by an American drone strike in Baghdad. Tehran responded with strikes against US troops in western Iraq. During his visit in July, Jean-Yves Le Drian underlined the need for Baghdad to “ dissociate itself from the tensions of its regional neighborhood ” and concentrate on the fight against the jihadists.

Source: lefigaro

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