Haider al-Abadi, prime minister of Iraq, said that Baghdad government would collaborate with Kurdish officials to set the northern province of Nineveh free from Islamic State militants.
During the PM’s first visit to the region of Kurdistan since he has been officially elected as the Prime Minister of Iraq last year, Haider al-Abadi said, “Baghdad and Erbil faced a common enemy and would improve ties to help confront the threat.”
During a joint conference with Massoud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan region, Mr. Abadi affirmed,
“Our visit to Erbil today is to coordinate and cooperate on a joint plan to liberate the people of Nineveh.”
However, he did not state anything concerning the time agenda of the plan in retaking Nineveh, wherein Mosul is the capital, so that they won’t lose the ‘part of surprise.’
The journey comes less than one week later than Islamic State militants were sent away out of the city of Tikrit by the Iraqi forces together with Shi’ite militia, supported by coalition air strikes.
When Mr. Abadi was asked over about the reported mistreatment by the Shi’ite militia, that are grouped together as Popular Mobilisation Committees or Hashid Shaabi, he said that it was unreasonable to level the charge at the whole force.
He stated, “There’s a small group that attempts to attach itself to the Hahsid Shaabi and attack civilians and their belongings and offend the Hahsid Shaabi. Our measures are to arrest these people and present them to court and we have indeed arrested.”
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