Iraq is threatened with a "massive blow" and the United Nations warns

Iraq is threatened with a "massive blow" and the United Nations warns



2019/08/29 04:22:02
 
The United Nations has warned that existing regional tensions could inflict a "huge blow" on efforts to rebuild a stable and prosperous country in Iraq, stressing the need for the international community to spare no effort to avoid it.

The UN envoy to Iraq, Jenin Hines Blaskhart during a briefing to the Security Council, that the Iraqi leadership is communicating with regional and international players to ensure that the country remains a common ground for stability, not a field of proxy conflicts.

The envoy appreciated Baghdad's commitment to placing all armed factions in the country under the control of the state, adding that the implementation of this is vital.

For his part, stressed Iraq's deputy to the United Nations Sarhad Fattah, that the opportunity to achieve stability and prosperity in his country is real but in danger, and therefore can not ask Baghdad to tolerate more tension and escalation in the region.

Fattah also touched on relations between Iraq and its northern neighbor Turkey, pointing out that the Baghdad government has sent almost 54 letters to Ankara, asking for an immediate halt to the bombing of Iraqi territory, as part of the Turkish army operations against PKK militants.

The diplomat pointed out that the Iraqi government, while facing various economic and social challenges, is obliged to intensify its efforts in dealing with the legacy of ISIS, including the issue of hundreds of detained women who supported the organization as well as their children.

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