News today: Intelligence flights of French aviation over the positions of the Islamic State in Iraq will begin during the day

News today: Intelligence flights of French aviation over the positions of the Islamic State in Iraq will begin during the day

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This statement was made in Abu Dhabi, by the French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian

World news, ABU DHABI, 15 September. French aviation reconnaissance flights over the positions of the Islamic state (IG) in Iraq will begin during the day. This statement was made in Abu Dhabi, the French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“The first reconnaissance flights will begin this morning – the Defense Minister stressed in his speech before the French soldiers at a military base” Al Dhafra “in the UAE. – We act in accordance with the agreement reached with the Emirates and the Iraqi authorities.”

According to local media reports, on an Air Force base located about 200 servicemen French army. Among them as fighter pilots “Rafale”.

Le Drian previously announced plans of Paris to participate actively in the operations of the international coalition against the Islamic State. “It is essential that the international community has blocked the path group, because the threat that it represents a threat to collective security and, consequently, for the safety of France,” – he stressed.

The initiative to create a new international coalition against the Islamic State made ​​the United States at the NATO summit in Wales. September 8 the State Department reported about their willingness to join international efforts to combat the Islamists have declared more than 40 countries. In particular, the United States “encouraged by the decision of the Arab League” to join the fight against the terrorists of the Islamic State.

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