Statements by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Iraqi Minister of Defence Najah al-Shammari

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To reconfirm NATO’s strong support to Iraq. We support territorial integrity, the sovereignty of Iraq. And we also commend Iraq for enormous progress and achievements Iraq has made in the front against ISIS. You have been fighting ISIS on behalf of the whole world. Liberating territory they controlled and liberating millions of people. That progress has been important for Iraq but also for people living all around the world, including in Islamic countries. So therefore we will continue to support through our training mission, to train Iraqi forces and the best way to do that is to train the trainers to build military schools and that’s exactly what they were doing in Iraq.

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