US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein have asserted that the two countries will continue their security partnership against regional threats.
Sullivan and Hussain spoke on the phone and discussed a few other topics as well, said a statement from the White House.
According to the statement, Sullivan and Hussain discussed the role of Iraq in the region and the “significant diplomatic efforts” led by its government to bring countries together and de-escalate tensions wherever possible.
Sullivan reportedly said US President Joe Biden had given his full support for the upcoming regional conference in Baghdad with an aim to elevate diplomacy and dialogue across the Middle East region.
The statement said Sullivan and Hussain “further committed to a continued security partnership consistent with the recent Strategic Dialogue held last month in Washington to ensure that ISIS can never resurge in Iraq and to allow communities recovering from terror to rebuild with dignity.”
It added: “They both emphasized the firm commitment of the United States and Iraq to continue coordinating with global partners to combat ISIS’s financing, propaganda, and movement of foreign fighters.”