Arab League chief to visit Iraq on Sunday

“The visit comes within the framework of Arab League support for the new Iraqi government and its efforts to fight terrorism,” Diaa al-Dabbas said

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi will visit Iraq on Sunday to express support for the Iraqi government, Iraq’s representative at the pan-Arab body said Wednesday.

“The visit comes within the framework of Arab League support for the new Iraqi government and its efforts to fight terrorism,” Diaa al-Dabbas told reporters.

He said al-Arabi would be accompanied by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, whose country currently holds the Arab summit’s rotating chairmanship, and Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Teguedi, whose country currently heads upthe Arab League Council.

Al-Dabbas asserted that terrorism posed a threat to all countries of the region.

“Fighting terrorism has become a necessity,” he said.

Since June, Iraq has been fighting the ISIL militant group, which seized vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria this summer.

Since last month, the U.S. and its allies have been carrying out airstrikes against ISIL positions in both countries.

Arab League chief to visit Iraq on Sunday