Iraqi PM in Tehran for Talks on ’ISIL’
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi arrived in Tehran late Monday on his first visit to Iran since taking office after the crisis triggered by the aggressions of the "ISIL" extremist group.
Abadi Meets Sayyed Sistani
Iraqi state television said Abadi arrived shortly before midnight for talks with Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani about the ongoing battle, which has drawn in US and other international airstrikes.
No schedule has been released but Abadi's trip is expected to last one day only.
Speaking earlier in the city of Najaf after a rare meeting Grand Ayatollah His Eminence Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, Abadi ruled out any foreign ground intervention to assist government forces in retaking territory lost to terrorist groups.
"No ground forces from any superpower, international coalition or regional power will fight here," Abadi told reporters, reiterating previous remarks on the issue.
"This is my decision, it is the decision of the Iraqi government."
Iraqi state television said it was the first time in four years that Sayyed Sistani had met a high-ranking Iraqi government official.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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