House Speaker Meets A Delegation Of USA's Republican Majority

BAGHDAD / NINA / The head of the House of Representatives, Salem al-Jubouri confirmed that "The international community, as a whole, is working with Iraq in facing terrorism," adding that" Iraq hopes to double those efforts in order to accelerate the eradication of terrorism. A statement for the Information Office of the President of the House of Representatives said, "al-Jubouri received in his office in the House of Representatives, Republican majority delegation in the US Senate led by Senator Mitch McConnell, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council, ,and they reviewed the events on the local and regional arenas, especially with regard to the war on ISIS (Daash) and required support to be submitted to Iraq in this regard. " The statement said, "The delegation stressed US support for Iraq in the ongoing war on terrorism and in particular with respect to accelerate the training and equipping of Iraqi forces" ./ end