Foreign Ministers twenty countries and representatives of multilateral organizations, meeting in Paris, agreed on Monday to support Iraq "all necessary means" in its fight against Islamic jihadist group state (EI).
In a joint statement, Arab and Western diplomats agreed the "urgent need to get EI areas it controls in Iraq" and also promised to Baghdad "adequate" military aid.
At the start of the conference, the president of France, François Hollande, which was accompanied by his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum- urged "not waste time" in the fight against Sunni extremists last weekend returned to post a video the execution of a hostage, the British aid worker David Haines.
"The fight against terrorism in Iraq is also our struggle," he said, referring to fears that thousands of Europeans are estimated wielding weapons to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to carry out attacks on his return to Europe.
About 40 countries have indicated their willingness to play a role in the military campaign led by the United States to "permanently destroy" EI, as President Barack Obama said.
In recent weeks, Islamic State also executed two journalists, which has generated public support for American intervention. The hangman executed three spoke English with a British accent.
Offensive
Masum told ministers that the only hope to keep the extremists at bay was to combat "wherever they are".
"From the military point of view we do not need troops on the ground but air support and the experience of countries such as France," told Europe 1 radio in an interview before.
The Secretary of State, John Kerry, has spent the past week traveling for several Middle East capitals to garner support for the new military coalition, 11 years after the start of the invasion of Iraq led by the United States also.
Have joined ten Arab countries including Saudi Arabia. Most of them offer only play a supporting role.
Kerry said on Sunday told CBS that some countries did not identify, offered to send troops on the ground, but that was an option at the moment was not watching.
Meanwhile, the French defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said today from the French air base in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), who have started reconnaissance flights over Iraq.
Campaign EI
France will support these combat missions EI said Le Drian, quoted by the media.
The government in Paris has yet to their reluctance in supporting the American campaign against IE in Syria.
The Iraqi government has asked for help to deal with the terrorist militia, but Western governments have señalao not work with the Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, referring to the lack of an international legal framework for air strikes in that Arab country.
In his inaugural speech, Hollande proposed boosting moderates Syrian rebels, who initially rose against the Assad regime in 2011 and they now have to fight not only against government troops in Damascus but against the advance of Islamic extremists. Saudi Arabia agreed to train the rebels moderate.
Iran, which has supported Assad's government against rebels in Iraq but supports the government, has not been invited to the meeting in Paris. French media reported that Paris was in favor of inviting Tehran but was against Washington despite rumors that the two governments were cooperating in the fight against EI in Iraq.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticized
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