Defense Ministry to discuss Carter’s visit and the transmission of two F16 to Kurdistan
Defense Ministry to discuss Carter’s visit and the transmission of two F16 to Kurdistan
24/7/2015 18:26
[Baghdad-where]
the Ministry of Defence discussed at a meeting this afternoon with a visit by US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to the capital Baghdad and his meeting with Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi and security leaders at their meeting yesterday.
A civilian spokesman for the Ministry of Naseer Nouri told all of Iraq [where] that “the meeting discussed a visit by US Secretary of Defense yesterday to Iraq, and the issue of transfer of two F16 to Kurdistan.”
He added that “the meeting also the latest developments in the security situation in Iraq,” eating.
The Minister of Defense American Ashton Carter arrived yesterday Baghdad before heading today to Arbil, where he met with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi.
The search Obeidi and his US counterpart joint cooperation in the war on terrorism and the progress of the battles against al Daash.
Some of the media have been attributed last Wednesday to the Force Commander Air team Anwar Hama Amin that two F16 driven by are Kurdish flew over the cities of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah “to confirm the share of the Kurdistan region of a deal this aircraft.”
But the Defense Ministry denied what was attributed to the commander of the Air Force, noting that the flights “for the purposes of routine in order to poll airports and skies of Iraq” .
Iraq had received in 13 of July of this four aircraft of the F16 model, from the American company Lockheed Martin, as the first batch of 36 aircraft had been contracted to buy them since Snoat.anthy
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