Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi urged on Saturday the international community to contribute greater support in helping his country in its reconstruction efforts following the defeat of the ISIS terrorist group.
He said his country's sacrifices fighting the terrorist group mean it deserves greater support from the international community.
He made his remarks during a meeting with a visiting UN Security Council members' delegation, the first such visit to Iraq.
Iraq declared victory against ISIS in July 2017, after its military regained control of the country's second-largest city, Mosul, three years after it was seized by the extremists.
The war against ISIS left many Iraqi cities, towns and villages destroyed and Iraq has been struggling to reconstruct them.
International donors pledged $30 billion to help rebuild Iraq last year, far short of the estimated $88.2 billion needed.
