Masoum, Maliki stress unity regarding operations in Tikrit

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Vice-President, Nouri al-Maliki, met the President, Fouad Masoum at Salam Place in Baghdad on last Thursday.

A presidency statement received by IraqiNews.com cited ”Masoum emphasized the necessity of exerting efforts to approach the viewpoints among political rivals and they stressed the unity regarding the operations in Tikrit”

”The two officials discussed the recent ongoing military updates in the areas that witness battles between the security forces supported by the volunteers and terrorists affiliated to what is so called the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant where both sides emphasized the importance of expelling terrorists of Iraq,” the statement concluded. \End\