Mogherini says Vatican can help Iraq

(ANSA) - Rome, August 20 - The Vatican can help provide aid in Iraq to Kurdish refugees fleeing militant ISIS, which is a threat to the European Union and the whole world, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini said Wednesday.
    "Very frequent contacts" between the Vatican and Pope Francis with minorities in Iraq have been helpful, she told a joint session of the parliamentary defence committees.
    As well, military aid to Iraq against ISIS fighters is "indispensable in the immediate term but hardly represents a long-term solution to this, like all crises," added Mogherini.