WEBVTT 00:13.410 --> 00:15.820 So your Excellency Foreign Minister 00:15.820 --> 00:17.876 resigned . Therefore , it's great to 00:17.876 --> 00:19.876 see you again . Welcome to the NATO 00:19.876 --> 00:22.050 headquarters . And uh it's a pleasure 00:22.050 --> 00:25.550 to see you here again . Let me start by 00:25.560 --> 00:29.150 wishing you and the people of 00:29.160 --> 00:32.920 Iraq a peaceful holy month of Ramadan . 00:32.930 --> 00:35.670 And uh it's good to have you here . Not 00:35.670 --> 00:38.800 least because you demonstrate 00:38.800 --> 00:40.578 leadership in strengthening the 00:40.578 --> 00:44.090 partnership between NATO and Iraq 00:44.100 --> 00:47.620 partnership , which we highly value and 00:47.620 --> 00:50.250 not least because we stand together in 00:50.250 --> 00:52.790 fighting terrorism to promote stability . 00:52.800 --> 00:55.200 And we are stepping up what we do 00:55.210 --> 00:58.930 together nato's training 00:58.930 --> 01:01.097 mission in Iraq is something we attach 01:01.097 --> 01:02.650 great importance to . 01:06.380 --> 01:09.700 Glad to see that NATO trainers work 01:09.700 --> 01:12.500 together with your people in the , in 01:12.500 --> 01:14.722 the Minister of Defense and also in the 01:14.722 --> 01:17.590 office of the National Security Advisor . 01:17.600 --> 01:20.830 Uh And the meeting today is a way for 01:20.830 --> 01:22.250 us to take stock and to 01:22.260 --> 01:26.160 uh exchange views on 01:26.160 --> 01:28.049 how we can further strengthen our 01:28.049 --> 01:29.882 partnership , how we can do more 01:29.882 --> 01:33.130 together . And of course , everything 01:33.130 --> 01:35.320 we do in Iraq is in full respect of 01:35.330 --> 01:37.340 Iraq's sovereignty and territorial 01:37.340 --> 01:39.507 integrity is based on your wish , your 01:39.507 --> 01:41.900 demand . But we are glad that we can 01:41.900 --> 01:43.956 continue to work together because we 01:43.956 --> 01:47.030 know that the fight against terrorism 01:47.030 --> 01:49.252 is something that matters for you . You 01:49.252 --> 01:51.670 have paid a high price in , in that 01:51.670 --> 01:53.837 fight , but we will stand with you and 01:53.837 --> 01:55.948 we will continue to work with Iraq in 01:55.948 --> 01:57.614 promoting stability and fight 01:57.614 --> 01:59.948 international terrorism . So once again , 01:59.948 --> 02:02.003 welcome . Thank you very much , your 02:02.003 --> 02:04.059 excellency . Thank you for your time 02:04.220 --> 02:06.670 and for this meeting . I'm glad to be 02:06.670 --> 02:09.280 here again so that we can exchange 02:09.280 --> 02:12.390 views about the relationship between 02:12.390 --> 02:14.334 Iraq and NATO . And thanks God , I 02:14.334 --> 02:17.090 think relationship is quite good and 02:17.090 --> 02:19.390 it's improving . In fact , I received 02:19.400 --> 02:22.040 the commander of NATO just a week 02:22.040 --> 02:26.020 ago in Baghdad and we had a 02:26.020 --> 02:29.570 good discussion about nato's task and 02:29.580 --> 02:32.700 future partnership and relationship 02:32.710 --> 02:36.320 with NATO . I would like to register my 02:36.320 --> 02:40.290 thanks to NATO members and 02:40.300 --> 02:42.930 NATO mission in Baghdad are doing a 02:42.930 --> 02:46.250 great job training our people 02:46.370 --> 02:50.160 and we are hoping that we can widen 02:50.170 --> 02:54.140 this task to other fields and we 02:54.140 --> 02:56.920 are ready to discuss about that . And 02:56.930 --> 02:59.670 also I would like to thank NATO members 02:59.670 --> 03:02.630 and NATO for their cooperation with us 03:02.630 --> 03:05.160 in the fight against ISIS . They were 03:05.170 --> 03:07.114 doing a great job and they are now 03:07.114 --> 03:09.780 doing also very good job . So we are 03:09.780 --> 03:12.840 happy to be here to discuss some issues 03:12.850 --> 03:16.370 uh on the bilateral level . 03:17.370 --> 03:20.120 Thank you so much . Thank the media for 03:20.130 --> 03:20.910 joining us .