Imam Khamenei: Iraq Can Beat ’ISIL’ without Foreigners
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The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Sayyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday told Iraq's visiting premier that the Baghdad government is capable of defeating the "ISIL" extremists without foreign troops being deployed.
The military campaign against "ISIL" now encompasses US and other foreign air strikes in Iraq and neighboring Syria, but more than four months after breaking into the country "ISIL" retains strongholds in the north and west while trying to seize other territory.
Imam Khamenei believed that the Iraqis had "the capacity to overcome the terrorists and establish security" alone without the "need for foreign presence".
"We stand beside you and will seriously defend your government like the previous government," Imam Khamenei, quoted by state television, said in a meeting in Tehran with Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi.
He further added: "Iran recognizes the security of Iraq, [our] neighbor and brother country, as its own security."
"We believe that the Iraqi nation and government, particularly the country's youths, are capable of overcoming terrorists and establishing security and there is no need for the presence of foreigners," the Leader added.
Imam Khamenei also stated that Iraq has pursued a correct and wise policy in recent years by refusing to allow its soil to be used against Syria.
In parallel, the Leader described as quite correct the new Iraqi government's policy of fostering national, ethnic and tribal unity and stated that it would be meaningless to divide Iraqis into Shia, Sunni, Kurd and Arab.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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