G7-SUMMIT/CAMERON-ABADI Cameron meets Iraqi PM at G7 summit

Record ID: 150532

  • Title: G7-SUMMIT/CAMERON-ABADI Cameron meets Iraqi PM at G7 summit
  • Date: 8th June 2015
  • Summary: KRUEN, GERMANY (JUNE 8, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON MEETING IRAQI PRIME MINISTER HAIDER AL-ABADI, SEATED AHEAD OF TALKS
  • Embargoed: 23rd June 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday (June 8) met and briefed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on plans to send additional advisers to Iraq, as Group of Seven industrial nations (G7) and the European Union discussed Islamist militant threats from groups such as Islamic State (or ISIS) and Boko Haram at the G7 summit.
    All G7 leaders supported military and or humanitarian aid to counter the spread of ISIS and help stabilise the region, a G7 official said.
    Britain is to expand its military training mission in Iraq in the coming weeks, Cameron announced on Sunday (June 7), saying the Iraqi army needed more help to deal with improvised bombs planted by Islamic State militants.
    Cameron said Britain would send 125 new military advisers to Iraq, most of whom would train the Iraqi army in how to counter improvised explosive devices or IEDs. Cameron briefed Abadi on the plans.
    That will take the total number of British military trainers in Iraq up to 275, officials said, and the overall number of British personnel engaged in various roles against Islamic State across the region up to around 900.
    He was also expected to discuss with Abadi and U.S. President Barack Obama what more Britain can do to help train moderate Syrian opposition forces in locations outside Syria such as Turkey.
    Critics say gains made by Islamist militants in both Iraq and Syria show that the U.S.-led strategy against them is faltering, and that Western ground troops are needed.
    Abadi has told G7 leaders Iraq would "undoubtedly" win the war against Islamic State, and said the international community must help the stop group generating funding from oil smuggling.
    The G7 leaders met so-called "outreach guests" - the leaders of Nigeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, Liberia, South Africa, Tunisia and Iraq - and will hold final news conferences later on Monday
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