Iraqi Parliament Speaker US Congress Delegation

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri met here Saturday with a delegation of the US Congress headed by Senator Chris Murphy.

During the meeting, al-Jubouri stressed Iraq need for economic military support, saying Iraq is now experiencing a severe economic crisis. He urged the international community to stand with Iraq economically despite the decline in global oil prices." For his part, US congressional delegation "stressed that the United States continues to support the political and security of Iraq." They also discussed the political and security situation in Iraq, and the progress made by the security forces in their operations against Daesh group in Anbar province, west of Iraq.