国际英语资讯:Pence, Iraqi PM talk over phone regarding security, economy issues
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 18-- <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Vice">Vice</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Adel">Adel</span> <span word="Abdul">Abdul</span> <span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="regarding">regarding</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>, <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Abdul">Abdul</span> <span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span> "<span word="discussed">discussed</span> <span word="opportunities">opportunities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strategic">strategic</span> <span word="partnership">partnership</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strengthen">strengthen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="professionalize">professionalize</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Security">Security</span> <span word="Forces">Forces</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>."</p><p><span word="Pence">Pence</span> "<span word="welcomed">welcomed</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="agreements">agreements</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Jordan">Jordan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="upcoming">upcoming</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="steps">steps</span> <span word="towards">towards</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="reintegration">reintegration</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="territorial">territorial</span> <span word="defeat">defeat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ISIS">ISIS</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="read">read</span>, <span word="referring">referring</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> (<span word="IS">IS</span>).</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="Abdul">Abdul</span> <span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span> <span word="updated">updated</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> "<span word="to">to</span> <span word="exhume">exhume</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="graves">graves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ISIS">ISIS</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="genocide">genocide</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Yazidis">Yazidis</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sinjar">Sinjar</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="that">that</span> "<span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="personally">personally</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="impediments">impediments</span>" <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="preventing">preventing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="components">components</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="persons">persons</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="Assistance">Assistance</span> <span word="Mission">Mission</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> (<span word="UNAMI">UNAMI</span>) <span word="said">said</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="tasked">tasked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="crimes">crimes</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IS">IS</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="assist">assist</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="exhuming">exhuming</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="graves">graves</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nineveh">Nineveh</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IS">IS</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Yazidis">Yazidis</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017.</p><p><span word="Yazidis">Yazidis</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="indigenous">indigenous</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="ethnic">ethnic</span> <span word="Kurds">Kurds</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="ethno">ethno</span>-<span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="group">group</span>. <span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="Yazidi">Yazidi</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reportedly">reportedly</span> <span word="murdered">murdered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IS">IS</span> <span word="fighters">fighters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="August">August</span>, 2017, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 700 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="abducted">abducted</span>.</p>
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