Today .. French aircraft commence reconnaissance missions in Iraq

Today .. French aircraft commence reconnaissance missions in Iraq

BAGHDAD / Wi-News

Said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before the conference brings together some 30 countries to discuss how to cooperate in the fight against Islamic militants, state regulation "Daash" The French aircraft will begin on Monday, the first reconnaissance mission over Iraq.

He Fabius Radio Europe 1, "We told the Iraqis that we are ready and we asked them permission (to fly in Iraqi airspace)."

Paris will host on Monday the International Conference for Peace and Security in Iraq. The conference will identify the functions of each of the countries of the international coalition in the war on "Islamic state", but the decisions that will save them, "I will not announce all of them," according to a diplomatic source.

And some 20 countries participate in this conference, which will be inaugurated by French President Francois Hollande and his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Masum. The diplomatic source said that "this conference will allow each party to greater accuracy in determining what he or she intended to do," noting that the decisions that will be taken will not necessarily announce all. He explained, "will not announce who will strike and where and when."

According to French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal "We want convergence of objectives and integration initiatives" military, humanitarian, financial, stressing announcement decisions and develop an action plan.

The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius wanted to post the conference in Tehran, but his American counterpart John Kerry objected to it.

Considered Tehran Saturday that "participating in the conference to combat terrorism in Paris does not concern us," describing it as "theater," as it considered "selective," according to a statement by Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdul Allahaan.

The Iranian minister pointed out that "what matters is the fight against Iran, not actual selectivity of terrorism," asserting "to continue his country's strong support for Iraq and Syria in their fight against terrorism."

For his part, declared British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that London would not take part in air strikes in Syria. As France Vtaatbny approach emphasizes international law, and exclude any movement outside its framework. However, the United Nations issued a decision in this regard is unlikely, given the opposition to Moscow and Beijing to any military action in Syria without the approval of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But Westerners refuse to be considered a partner in the fight against terrorism.

French President Francois Hollande, who handed over his weapons to the Syrian opposition moderates, that he "can not even think of any move can be implemented in connection with Bashar Assad."

A diplomatic source said, "If we want this conference to be useful should not be mixing problems. Nub of the problem at the moment is Iraq."

The war in Syria, which has contributed to the growth of the Islamic organization to the deaths of 200 thousand people in more than three years.

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