(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Kuwait supports the Iraqi government in its fight against the ISIL and other terrorist groups wreaking havoc in Iraq, said a Kuwaiti minister at a meeting here on Tuesday.
At the second ministerial meeting for member states of the international coalition in the war against ISIL, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah indicated that Kuwait supported steps taken by Iraq to insure security and stability in the country. Moreover, he said Kuwait backed Iraq's efforts at fighting against ISIL and other terrorist groups.
He welcomed the notion of establishing an assistance fund under the aegis of the UN Development Program to use to bring back security and stability to areas in Iraq liberated from the grip of ISIL and other terrorist groups. He urged the international coalition in Paris to come up with pragmatic plans to confront the threat of ISIL.
The Kuwaiti minister reiterated his country's support of the Iraqi government in its efforts to bring about national reconciliation, laying firm foundations for democracy and national unity, and boosting coexistence among all sectors of the Iraqi society, all under the rule of law.
On the situation in Syria, the minister expressed his unease at the continuing acts of terror perpetrated by ISIL and its cohort terrorist groups in that country. He emphasized the imperative to reach a political solution for Syria in accordance with the Geneva conference addressing that crisis.
The minister said that he harbored hope that the next coalition meeting will take up the issues of the refugees and the protection of historic sites in both Syria and Iraq.
Today's coalition meeting started earlier today with representatives from 20 countries to review the strategy of the coalition, led by the US, in the confrontation with ISIL which controls large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
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