Iraq foreign minister in Damascus for talks on terrorism
Iraq’s foreign minister has held talks with senior Syrian officials in Damascus with the issue of terrorism being the main top of discussions.
During a Tuesday meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, Ibrahim al-Ja’afari discussed ways to tackle the issue of terrorism in the two neighboring countries.
The discussions “focused on the fight against terrorism and common dangers that threaten our countries,” Syria’s state television said.
The Iraqi official was quoted as saying that “terrorism is not just a danger that faces both countries but one that will affect all countries if there is not cooperation.”
Muallem, for his part, said Damascus and Baghdad stand “in the same trench” against terrorism.
“Whenever Iraq is okay, Syria is okay too, and that is why we are deeply confident that the Iraqi leaders have never spared any efforts to support Syria and help break the siege imposed on it,” SANA news agency quoted the Syrian foreign minister as saying.
The Iraqi foreign minister also met with the Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal al-Muqdad, at the Damascus International Airport.
Ja’afari is the first senior Iraqi official to visit Damascus since the conflict began in Syria over four years ago. He also met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The neighbors are both engaged in battle against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists that currently control parts of Syria and Iraq.
New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria in 2014. Nearly four million Syrians have left the country since the beginning of the crisis, and 7.6 million civilians have been internally displaced.
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