The Kurdistan Region and America are discussing addressing the security voids
Shafaq News/ The Vice President of Kurdistan Region, Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa, and the US forces operations officer in Iraq, Colonel Michael Cullinan, discussed, on Monday, the latest results of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and America, the complexities and movements of ISIS in the region, the military operations of the army and the Peshmerga, and addressing the security gaps.
A statement by the region’s presidency, received by Shafaq News Agency, said that Sheikh Mustafa received the US forces’ operations officer in Iraq, Colonel Michael Cullinan, and his advisor, Peter Blades.
The statement said that the two sides discussed the latest results of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and America, the complexities and movements of ISIS in the region, the military operations of the army and the Peshmerga, the continuation of logistical assistance to the Peshmerga, reform, the unification of the Peshmerga, and addressing the conditions of areas in which there is a security vacuum.
The statement added that Sheikh Mustafa thanked the US forces and the international coalition against ISIS, and the cooperation and US military logistical assistance to the Peshmerga, and its high price, stressing the continuation of the joint operations of the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army with the support of the coalition to eliminate terrorists in the region.
The statement stated that Colonel Cullinan reiterated that his country will continue to cooperate and protect the region from any dangers that beset it, referring to the importance of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and America with the participation of the Kurdistan Region and expressed his pleasure to develop relations in the economic and military fields.
The statement indicated that the two sides were in agreement on coordination and greater desire for relations between America and the Kurdistan Region, and stressed the importance of unifying and reforming the Peshmerga forces and building a national united force, as well as filling the security voids in the regions. Larger.