The German government in mid-September decided to extend its military mandate in Iraq by an additional year, continuing its assistance in training and advising armed forces in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS).
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told during a presser in Brussels yesterday that Iraq is not safe. government extended its military mission in Iraq because the situation in the country is not calm. The German parliament has yet to approve the motion. The motion still requires the approval of the German Bundestag (parliament), and the additional operational expenses will amount to around €91.6 million.
“We have just renewed this mission because we realized from the recent events, the efforts to seize the Swedish embassy, that the situation is not really calm. I am glad that the prime minister [Sudani] sees it that way, but it was himself who said that they need military support for maintaining security. To bring about stability, the federal parliament did the right thing by extending this mission,” he said.
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