Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday received a message from Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, conveyed by head of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Faleh Al-Fayyad.
The Syrian official news agency SANA said that the message was related to bilateral relations, issues of mutual concern, and developments on the political and security levels, particularly the war against terrorism, and the existing cooperation between the two countries to confront it and clear its remnants from the border region.
During the meeting, the two sides also exchanged viewpoints on the situation in the region, the challenges it faces, and the importance of maintaining Syrian-Iraqi coordination and consultation in various fields, SANA said.
The visit came one day after Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein discussed in a phone call with his Belgian counterpart Sophie Wilms the importance of strengthening work and uniting international efforts to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria, due to its direct impact on security and regional stability, including Iraq's.
The Iraqi Minister called for addressing the humanitarian situation of families in Al-Hol camp in Syria and preventing ISIS from penetrating camps of displaced people, spreading its terrorist ideology, and reorganizing its ranks.
A 610-kilometer (380-mile) border separates Syria and Iraq.
Baghdad suffers from this long cross-border frontier, which helps ISIS remnants to infiltrate Iraqi territories and serves as a corridor for all their military and commercial transportation.
