UN envoy discusses national unity with Iraq’s top security adviser

In talks today on the evolving political and security situation in Iraq, the top United Nations envoy met the country’s National Security Adviser to focus on “the need for a fresh impetus in strengthening national unity,” the UN mission there (UNAMI) reported.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ashraf Jehangir Qazi had discussed with Mowaffak Ruba'I about the possibility of confidence-building measures, including progress on detainee issues and widening the political process “in support of improved security.”

Issues of “government formation, the constitutional review commission and the national accord process” were examined as ways of strengthening national unity in the strife-torn country, UNAMI said.