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Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan arrived in Iraq early Monday to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Khaled al-Obeidi.

Sajjan’s visit also coincided with a trip to Baghdad by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

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At the end of the recent NATO summit, Canada announced it would contribute to an alliance program to train Iraqi troops in disposing of improvised explosive devices.

But at the time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not offer any details about the mission, such as numbers of personnel, duration of their mission, and where they would be operating in Iraq. “The fact is from the beginning we have always talked about the broad range of activities we can do in support of the local troops,” Trudeau told reporters.

The Kuwait News Agency, citing Iraqi officials, reported that Canada will be providing military engineers as part of the training package.

NATO has been training Iraqi personnel in counter-IED operations at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre in Amman, Jordan. NATO is also providing “train the trainer” instruction, enabling the officers to build the professionalism of the Iraqi forces by sharing their new skills with colleagues with the support of the NATO Counter Improvised Explosive Devices Centre of Excellence, the alliance added in an earlier news release.

At the request of the Iraqi government, NATO is now assessing the possibility of conducting training inside Iraq as well, NATO pointed out.