Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi, the Iraqi state television reported.

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi, the Iraqi state television reported. 

"Landed in Baghdad. Went back again for the second time in three months. (Iraq) - a key partner in the fight against LIH (" Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ", now -" Islamic State ")," - wrote in his microblog Kerry Twitter. 

Secretary of State noted that a comprehensive government - the "big step" for Iraq. 

On Monday, the Iraqi parliament approved a new government proposed by the prime minister. 

Remained vacant posts of Minister of Defense and Interior, the appointment of which will be announced later. 

Several months ago, the grouping "Islamic state" sharply stepped up its activities in Iraq. Taking advantage of the discontent of the Iraqi Sunni politics Baghdad, IG launched a massive attack on the northern and north-western provinces of Iraq and occupied a vast territory, where today announced the creation of the so-called "Islamic caliphate." United States in August began to apply air strikes on the positions of the IG. The stated goal of the operation - the protection of American diplomats and national and religious minorities in Iraq. American forces bombed the IG position more than 130 times. President Barack Obama has been criticized in the United States after said in August that the United States "has no strategy" to combat the IG