“The office of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces [Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi] received on Thursday a high-level security and military delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the SMC said, noting that the two sides held “an expanded meeting” attended by Shammari, Shatri, and “deputy directors and heads of [Iraqi] security and intelligence agencies.”
The Cell - the media arm of Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) - described the meeting as “a follow-up to previous talks and discussions held in Riyadh, and as a continuation of ongoing security coordination between Iraq and Saudi Arabia,” noting that discussions focusing on “strengthening joint border control measures and intensifying intelligence sharing, with the aim of elevating bilateral cooperation.”