Observer news / Baghdad
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter for president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, said Washington has fulfilled its promises to support the Peshmerga forces in the war on Daash.
A statement for the presidency of the Kurdistan region, on Monday evening, said the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told the region’s president, Massoud Barzani that his country had fulfilled its promises to support the Peshmerga forces in the framework of the fight against terrorism.
Carter apologized for not visiting the Kurdistan region of concern, where a visit to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where he met with senior officials, particularly Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
According to a statement, the presidency of the region Barzani received this evening a phone call from US Secretary of Defense, “which gave an apology for not being able to visit the region because of the business and the intensity of concern.”
The statement added that “Carter told Barzani that the promises made by him on such aid entered into force.”
Carter had pledged in an earlier visit to the Kurdistan region to provide support and assistance to the Peshmerga forces.
And step up US President Barack Obama administration’s military campaign to organize Daash to send more troops to Iraq will be stationed in closer to the front line positions to advise Iraqi forces.
Will provide the Department of Defense (Pentagon) as well as assistance to the tune of $ 415 million for the Peshmerga forces at a time when the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government deficit in the budget.
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