Germany’s newly-appointed defense minister arrived in Baghdad on an official visit and was welcomed by her Iraqi counterpart Juma Inad.
The two ministers discussed bilateral relations between Germany and Iraq, the Iraqi defense ministry said in a statement.
She later met with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the premier’s press office said in a tweet.
Kadhimi stressed the importance of bilateral relations between the two countries in “various fields, especially security, military and intelligence,” the statement read.
Later today Lambrecht met Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil.
The German minister arrived in the Kurdistan Region on Sunday afternoon, following her official visit to Baghdad.
The two sides discussed ongoing threat of Islamic State (ISIS) and “best ways” to confront ISIS resurgence and ideology, said Niyaz Barzani, head of foreign affairs and diplomacy at the office of the Region’s president.
The future of Germany’s military support for the Peshmerga forces and Iraqi security forces in the fight against ISIS, he said in a tweet.
Following the meeting, Lambrecht told reporters that the Peshmerga forces had fought against Islamic State (ISIS) militants for Europe and Germany.
“Good success has been achieved in the fight against ISIS,” she said.
“We have supported the Region since the beginning of the war and the new [German] government will continue with providing assistance to eliminate terror,” she added.
Earlier, She met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and her counterpart Juma Inad in Baghdad.
Kadhimi stressed the importance of bilateral relations between the two countries in “various fields, especially security, military and intelligence,” the premier’s office said.
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