On Monday, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fouad Hussein, arrived in the Italian capital, Rome, to participate in the expanded meeting of the international coalition against ISIS.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf said in a statement that the meeting will be held with the participation of foreign ministers of member states of the international coalition to discuss joint efforts to confront the terrorist organization ISIS, adding that the meeting will be chaired by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

He indicated that the Iraqi foreign minister is scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings with his counterparts and foreign ministers of the countries participating in the meetings to discuss bilateral relations and issues of common interest