MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iraq is in need of training of both its police and military in the fight against ISIL, Ghabban said in an interview with RT television.
“Russia can help us follow these people and supply information, and it can also help Iraq with ammunition and weapons and since we need different types of arms, we cannot depend on only one type of weapon from one particular country.”
Earlier in May, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi visited Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed military-technical cooperation and the situation in the Middle East.
Following the meeting, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said that Iraq had a right to purchase military equipment from Russia for its security needs.
The assistance Iraq currently receives from the United States is not enough to win over ISIL, Iraqi interior minister noted.
“We believe that the United States provides insufficient support to win over IS [Islamic State].”
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Sunday that the military’s weak would to fight the insurgents contributed to the Islamic State's capture of the city.
Carter added that the US efforts in Iraq were limited to providing the country’s ground forces with the equipment, training and encouragement in their will to fight.
