Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that the next challenge is economic and how to manage the financial resources properly, pointing out that there are groups that used the war to "urge" to store arms in order to threaten the state.

"The military establishment is based on the interest and protection of citizens," Abadi said during a lecture at the Defense University for Military Studies, the National Defense College, which was titled "The role of the executive authority in rebuilding and managing the state." A great challenge and my existence and wanted to tear it up and we faced this challenge and we won it by the unity of our people. 

"The military establishment has been a great success in its war on the Dahesh and in gaining the trust of the citizen, who began to feel that this institution to serve and protect him," he said, adding that "most of the information about terrorist gangs came from citizens."

Abadi stressed that "the next challenge is an economic and how to manage the financial resources properly to provide the best services and stimulate the economy and provide employment opportunities and this needs security, which is one of the fundamentals to stimulate the economy," pointing to "the importance of respect for human rights by the security forces despite the pressures on them And how to deal between citizens and troops at checkpoints, the protection of citizens is the basis in addition to the importance of respect for citizens of the law.

He added that "there is no corruption allowed and corruption is not allowed and we all have to stand against him," stressing "limit the arms of the state."

"There are groups that took advantage of the war to urge the stockpiling of weapons in order to threaten the state and to be stronger and to distinguish the citizens and this will not allow it and there is high planning and wisdom to stand against these and to limit this weapon," he said, adding that " Defend themselves in the past and these differ from those groups. "

Abadi said that "there will be no weapons outside the framework of the state," adding that "the regional situation of Iraq has improved now and turned from that everyone against him that everyone wants relations with him."

On June 17, 2018, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stressed the importance of maintaining the neutrality of the armed forces and keeping them away from political differences and conflicts. He pointed out that work is under way to limit weapons to the state.