BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 30 (NNN-NINA) – Representatives of the UN Security Council (UNSC), confirmed their support to Iraq, in its efforts to achieve security, stability and reconstruction.
Members of the Security Council underscored their support to Iraq’s continuing recovery, and the efforts of reconstruction and reconciliation, to meet the needs of all Iraqis, said U.S. representative to the UNSC, Jonathan Cohin.
Members of the Security Council welcome the positive progress of forming the Iraqi government and reaffirm Iraq’s national unity, sovereignty and security, Cohin said.
He said that, members of the Security Council re-affirm their support to the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI), to assist the government of Iraq to move toward dialogue.
For his part, Kuwaiti Permanent Representative to the UN, Mansour al-Otaibi, whose country holds the monthly rotating UNSC presidency, told reporters that, “in general the message of the Security Council is clear, and the international community stands with Iraq.”
“The international community appreciates the great sacrifices made by Iraq and its people to defeat such terrorist organisation that has committed heinous crimes against civilians, in different areas of Iraq,” said al-Otaibi, who is the current rotating president of UNSC.
He said, “Iraq is now stable and we hope that this stability will continue, because without security and stability, the region will be unstable.”
A statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ahmed al-Sahaf, described the visit of UNSC representatives, which came in response to an invitation by the Iraqi government, as “historic.”– NNN-NINA
