(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said that the region as a whole is facing security and terrorist threats, and that most of his discussions with officials in Jordan on Sunday focused on this.
Ahead of his departure from Amman, he told a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah Ensour that talks also focused on economic and commercial relations, which he said were "inseparable" from security-related topics.
He said that the unity of the Iraqi people in facing the terror threat alone helped free the city of Jurf Al-Sakhar - a city located 60km southwest of Baghdad - from the clutches of Islamic State militants.
He also suggested that this terrorism came only "through the borders from neighbouring Syria." For his part, the Jordanian premier stated that his country does not aim to interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq.
He added however that, Jordan will do all in its power to safeguard the unity of Iraq.
Bilaterally, he said Jordan had trained 63,000 Iraqi security personnel, expressing readiness to continue this cooperation.
The Iraqi premier's visit to Jordan, during which he met his counterpart and King Abdullah II, lasted one day.
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