Support for Iraq should respect sovereignty: FM
Iraq's foreign minister said Wednesday that international assistance in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group should respect the country's sovereignty. "We cannot accept that Iraq is becoming a land of conflict but we have to solve this problem in a way that preserves Iraqi sovereignty," Ibrahim al-Jaafari told a news conference. When asked about a comment in which the commander of Iran's ground forces last week vowed to protect his own border "deep into Iraqi territory" if necessary, Jaafari said Iranian support was welcome. ...
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