Shaalan: Libyan interferes in Iraq's affairs

The Iraqi defense minister Hazem al-Shaalan accused Libyan of interfering in the affairs of his country by providing material aid to "Iraqi sides" positioned in Syria, noting that these sides "obstruct the security situation in Iraq."

Shaalan added in an interview with the Iraqi paper al-Zaman that "Libya has its own bases in the region and has started to interfere in the Iraqi affairs with a financial aid given to Iraqi sides in Syria, and therefore these sides and groups obstruct the security situation in Iraq." He added replying to a question on the statements of the Iraqi foreign minister which confirmed that his accusations are based to non- price information that the foreign ministry is not a security side and that the foreign minister ( Hoshuar Zeibari) has his own conditions, when he made his statements concerning Libya s intervention in the Iraqi affairs."

Shalan concluded by saying "I do hope that the brothers in Libya have received the message and they are now in a position to maintain good relations with the world and we hope this message to be clear, open and frank."