Saudi Crown Prince: We are keen to enhance cooperation with Iraq, especially in the security field

- Iraqi Prime Minister: We will not allow our territory to be used as a launching pad for any attacks targeting the security of Saudi Arabia and regional countries

- We condemn the targeting of King Khalid International Airport and civilian and vital assets in the Kingdom, and reaffirm our commitment to good neighborliness and respect for sovereignty

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Ashraf Al-Kharaait

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Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman affirmed today, Wednesday, the Kingdom’s commitment to enhancing cooperation with Iraq across various fields, particularly security coordination, in a manner that supports relations between the two brotherly countries.

This came during his reception of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi at the Royal Diwan in Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, where the two sides discussed developments in the regional situation and coordinated efforts to address them, thereby enhancing the security and stability of the region.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the Iraqi Prime Minister expressed his government’s strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack targeting King Khalid International Airport, as well as the assaults on civilian and vital assets in the Kingdom, considering them a threat to regional security and stability.

Al-Zaidi reaffirmed the Iraqi government’s firm stance against allowing Iraqi territory to be used as a launching pad for any attacks or acts that threaten the security of Saudi Arabia and regional countries, emphasizing his country’s commitment to the principles of good neighborliness and respect for the sovereignty of the Kingdom and sister states.

The two sides also reviewed Saudi-Iraqi relations and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, particularly in the security field.