With respect to the hon. Lady, we are taking those diplomatic initiatives. My right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary has recently returned from Saudi Arabia; I am the first British Prime Minister in 35 years to meet an Iranian President. We need all those political and diplomatic moves to take place—they are absolutely vital—but in the end there is a part of this that requires a military solution. ISIL has to be defeated on the ground. That is principally the work of the Iraqi security forces, but we can play a role as well.
Iraq: Coalition Against ISIL
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 26 September 2014.
It occurred during Debate on Iraq: Coalition Against ISIL.
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