1. 52 'Strengthening NATO-Gulf cooperation', Intervention by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow at the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate;Wales Summit Declaration on Afghanistan,2014
2. but there is no evidence that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi actually made the official request;Michael R Gordon;December 2014 it was reported that the Iraqis were planning to ask NATO for defense capacity building support,2014