The Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General, Pilot Shihab Jahid Ali, received in his office the Commander of the Joint French Forces in the Indian Ocean, Admiral (Emmanuel Sala RS).

During the meeting, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defense, they discussed a number of issues of common interest and ways to enhance military-air cooperation during the coming period, between the two friendly countries, and work on transferring and exchanging experiences and conducting military exercises in a way that achieves the common interest.

After that, he added, they went to the base of the martyr, Brigadier General Pilot Ali Fuleih Air Force, to receive the Rafale planes participating in the Ababil 1 exercise./ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency