The Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued a note of protest to the Emirati ambassador in Baghdad in response to remarks made by the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates on Shia militia.





MOSCOW (Sputnik) �Speaking after�meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in�Moscow, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on�Friday there was no difference between�Daesh, the Nusra Front, and groups in�Syria and Iraq backed by�Iran. Nahyan further listed Hezbollah, the Abbas Brigade in�Syria, as�well as�the Badr Corps and the Popular Mobilization forces in�Iraq.
"The ministry states that without�the Popular Mobilisation; Daesh and Al-Qaeda would have engulfed the whole region," the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said in�remarks published late on�Friday.


Baghdad classified the Emirati diplomat�s statements as "a flagrant intervention into�the Iraqi affairs."
"The ministry reiterates that the Popular Mobilisation has come from�the Iraqi components and was formed as�an official body works within�the umbrella of�the government and under�the command of�the Commander-in-Chief of�the Iraqi armed forces [Prime Minister Haider Abadi]," the ministry stressed.


Earlier, Abadi himself condemned Nahyan�s remarks and noted the Popular Mobilization�s role in�anti-Daesh efforts.


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