On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi will pay a one-day visit to Tehran, where he will discuss with the Iranian authorities the fight against extremists from the Islamic State, who have seized a large part of Iraq.
"Abadi will meet with Iranian officials in an attempt to unite efforts against terrorists in the region," the Iraqi government said in a statement, adding that the visit also aims to strengthen Iraqi-Iranian relations in the fields of energy, housing and construction.
The Iraqi prime minister, who has repeatedly said that he opposes the presence of foreign ground military units in Iraq, has accepted the support of the international coalition led by the US, which is bombing the positions of the Islamic State in Iraq and soon also in Syria.
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