Abdul Mahdi Stresses The Importance Of Separating Humanitarian Issues From Terrorist Crimes

BAGHDAD / NINA / -Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi stressed the need to separate humanitarian issues from terrorist crimes. "prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi met today with the envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ana Kasanova, who conveyed to the prime minister the greetings of President Putin and the Russian government and the desire to strengthen the relations of cooperation between the two countries," the Information Office of the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister thanked the Russian President for his support for Iraq and for Russia's role in combating terrorism, which both countries suffer from and constitute a common enemy. "We must not tolerate terrorism, and we confirmed the need to separate humanitarian issues from terrorist crimes and not allow children and women to be allowed or used to fight with terrorists again, knowing that these children are also victims," Abdul Mahdi said. He added, "We have suffered from the loss of thousands of Iraqi children among martyrs, wounded, and displaced, and we must look at them and their families. The Russian envoy for childhood affairs expressed thanks of President Putin and the Russian government for the cooperation of Iraq in this humanitarian field./ End