Iraq seeks air defense cooperation with Iran after IRGC downing of US drone
Tehran (KNA) - Iraq has called for enhanced cooperation with neighboring Iran in the area of air defense, days after Tehran successfully thwarted an American spying mission by downing a sophisticated surveillance drone over Iranian territorial waters.
Visiting Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Army Tariq Abbas Ibrahim Abdulhussein made the call during a meeting with Commander of the Iranian Army's Air Defense Force, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahi-Fard, IRNA reported on Sunday, citing the Army's Public Relations Office.
The Iraqi official pointed to the Islamic Republic's advanced capability in designing and manufacturing defensive systems. Baghdad was requesting the cooperation "in the light of the previous instances of observation by Iraqi military delegations of Iran's defensive capabilities," he noted.
Source: PressTV