The general commander of the Arma visits the Italian contingent in Iraq

(To Greater Defense)
01/05/17

Welcomed on his arrival on April 30 in Baghdad by the ambassador of Italy, Marco Carnelos, and by the commander of the Italian contingent, gen. b. Francesco Maria Ceravolo, General Del Sette attended the closing ceremony of the “24 ^ Law and Order course” at Camp Dublin and then met the Iraqi Minister of the Interior dr. Quasim Al Araji.

After seeing the specialized structures of the Carabinieri Task Force present at UNION III, he went to the advanced operational base (FOB) placed in charge of the Mosul Dam, welcomed by the commander of the Task Force Praesidium, based on 1 ° bersaglieri regiment.

On 01 May, the visit of the Commander General of the Arma in Iraq continued in Erbil, where General Del Sette had the opportunity to see the various operational and training components of the national contingent and the carabinieri of the Task Unit CC (TU CC ) operating in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and met the Minister of the Interior of the Kurdistan Regional Government Karim Sultan Sinjari.

Italy contributes to the mission First Parthica with about 1400 soldiers belonging to all the armed forces, employed in the Baghdad and Erbil offices in the training of the Kurdish security forces (Peshmerga) and Iraqi. 

From the end of June 2015 in the Iraqi capital is active Carabinieri Task Force of about 100 units with the task of training the agents of the Iraqi Federal Police destined to operate in the territories freed by ISIS avoiding the dangerous emptiness of power that follows the phase of the fighting.