(12 May 2024)
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Baghdad, Iraq - 12 May 2024
1. Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari (screen-right) and his Syrian counterpart Muhammad Khaled al-Rahmoun approaching podium
2. Iraqi flag
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Amir al-Shammari, Iraqi Interior Minister:
"The meeting resulted in the signing of a memorandum for joint security cooperation between the two countries, which included topics related to cooperation between the two countries, most notably in the field of combating drugs, controlling international borders, extraditing wanted persons, and combating organized crime and money laundering. All of these issues were signed and will be executed, God willing."
4. Syrian flag
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhammad Khaled al-Rahmoun, Syrian Interior Minister:
"There is no doubt that our brothers in Iraq have achieved great success in eliminating Daesh (Islamic State group) inside Iraqi territory, but there are still some hotspots present in the desert on the Syrian side, where some attacks are being carried out sponsored by some parties present on Syrian territory. The Syrian army and the Syrian people are determined to completely eliminate terrorism."
6. Cameraman
7. Al-Shammari and al-Rahmoun leaving
STORYLINE:
The Iraqi and Syrian interior ministers met in Baghdad and signed a joint security agreement on Sunday.
The deal includes cooperation on topics like "combating drugs, controlling international borders, extraditing wanted persons, and combating organized crime and money laundering," said Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari.
He made the remarks during a news conference with his Syrian counterpart, Muhammad Khaled al-Rahmoun.
Al-Rahmoun said there are still "hotspots" of the Islamic State group in the Syrian desert.
"Attacks are being carried out sponsored by some parties present on Syrian territory," he added.
Despite their defeat in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in March 2019, the extremists sleeper cells are still active and have been carrying out deadly attacks against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian government forces.
AP video shot by Ali Jabar
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