UN leader says political solutions needed 'to defeat terrorism'
102 views · Published 25 February 2017 · 2:02 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
The Security-General of the United Nations (UN) said without political agreements, it is impossible prevail against terror, while the US Ambassador to the UN slammed Iran for supporting and funding terror. Antonio Guterres was asked by Rudaw correspondent Majeed Gly at United Nations Headquarters in New York why the UN does not take an initiative to lay the groundwork for talks on the political prospects of post-ISIS era in Iraq. “We have been saying consistently that there is no way to defeat terrorism if you do not find political solutions to the different crisis and obviously one of the scenes we need in Iraq is an inclusive political solution which all Iraqis feel that they are part of the new Iraq,” Guterres answered during a joint press conference on humanitarian crises. Guterres stressed that he has even expressed his stance regarding the future of Iraq with “both Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and President [Masoud] Barzani.”
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