Ali Falih al-Zaydi, the prime minister of Iraq, ordered the Military Industries Organization to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior, the Popular Mobilization Forces, and other security institutions to determine armament needs and provide them from domestic production.

The media office of the Iraqi prime minister announced on Thursday, 14 Aban, that al-Zaydi, during his visit to this organization, called for expanding domestic production and involving the private sector.

He also ordered that contracts be signed directly with the manufacturing companies and that intermediary companies be removed to reduce corruption.