Russia ready to support Iraq in war against ISIS: diplomat
By News Desk - 22/09/20171

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-ready-support-iraq-war-isis-diplomat/

Moscow is ready to continue providing assistance to the Iraqi authorities in their fight against the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said.

“We are confident that the ISIL [the former name of the IS – TASS] terrorists’ crimes should not remain unpunished, no matter where they are committed,” Gatilov said at a meeting of the UN Security Council, during which a resolution on investigating into the Islamic State’s crimes in Iraq was passed.

“We welcome the success that the Iraqi armed forces have achieved in the fight against the ISIL, as well as steps to restore the country’s sovereignty,” the senior Russian diplomat pointed out. “We are ready to continue providing political and practical support to the Iraqi leadership,” he added.