ShafaqNews- Baghdad
IraqiPrime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has appointed Qasim Al-Araji as his specialsecurity adviser, two days after Qasim Al-Aboudi replaced him in the positionof national security adviser.
Thehandover ceremony took place at the National Security Advisory office under thesupervision of the Prime Minister, who praised Al-Araji’s professionalperformance and underlined the importance of following up on strategic securityfiles and special programs aimed at strengthening Iraq’s independentdecision-making and sovereignty.
Earlierthis week, Al-Zaidi also approved changes at the Iraqi National SecurityService, appointing Basim Al-Badri as the agency’s new chief in place of AbdulKarim Al-Basri.