Al-Sudani reaffirms the need to end the tasks of the international coalition in Iraq, 15 JAN

 Al-Sudani reaffirms the need to end the tasks of the international coalition in Iraq

Information/Baghdad.Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani on Monday reiterated Iraq's vision on ending the mission of the international coalition to fight ISIS.

A statement by the Sudanese office received by Al-Maalouma said that he "received, the Dutch ambassador to Iraq, Hans Sande, and during the meeting they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them."During the meeting, he pointed to Iraq's openness to all forms of partnership and joint work in various fields, in particular the activation of the Joint Water Council between the two countries, in addition to the importance of the Netherlands assuming the leadership of the NATO mission in Iraq in mid-May.

According to the statement, Al-Sudani renewed "Iraq's vision on the mission of the international coalition to fight ISIS, in the next stage, which must include joint technical work to end this mission, and move to the levels of bilateral security and military cooperation .

For his part, the ambassador handed over, during the meeting, an official invitation to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to visit the Netherlands in order to discuss more partnership opportunities between the two countries, and to convey his government's desire to increase levels of cooperation, Pointing to the positive relations between the Netherlands and Iraq, as well as the desire of Dutch companies to work within Iraqi development programs and infrastructure reconstruction.