The Australian foreign minister made the remarks on Tuesday as she set out to join the talks in Paris. The French capital is hosting foreign ministers from the 24 member states of the US-led coalition allegedly fighting the Takfiris in Iraq and Syria.
Referring to the activities of ISIL in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, Bishop said, It throws into quite stark relief whats missing, and thats dialogue with Iran,The Australian newspaper reported.
Iran is not included in the coalitions discussions. We must have one of their military commanders and political leaders at the table, she added.
Iran has been providing military advice to the Iraqi government in its fight against the Takfiri ISIL terrorists.
On May 16, Iraqi President Fuad Masum, in an exclusive interview with the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network, lauded Iran as the first country to have provided military assistance to the government in Baghdad in the battle against the Takfiri ISIL terrorists.
Masum also said Iraq only receives consultations from Iranian military experts in the fight against ISIL, underlining that the Islamic Republic has no military presence inside Iraq.
Meanwhile, addressing the Paris conference on Tuesday, Iraqs Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi blamed the international communitys inaction for the advance of the ISIL terrorists in the region. He said that the terrorist groups progress represents a failure for the entire world.
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Iraqi Prime Minster Haidar al-Abadi (AFP photo)[/caption]Iraq needs all the support of the world to fight the terrorists, but we are not getting much. I think this is a failure on the part of the world... There is a lot of talk of support for Iraq, there is very little on the ground, Abadi said.
By PressTV
