Representative of 29 countries, including the five member of the United Nations Security Council, agreed Monday to provide Iraqi authorities with "any means necessary including military assistance" to help to crackdown on the Islamic State (IS) militants, France's foreign ministry said.

"All participants underscored the urgent need to remove Daech (ISIL) from the regions in which it has established itself in Iraq. To that end, they committed to supporting the new Iraqi Government in its fight against Daech (ISIL)," said a final communique issued after the conference.

However, Western and Arab officials did not elaborate on what would be the envisaged military support.

France has already said that it would join U.S. air strikes against IS militants in Iraq with French aircraft beginning reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday from a French base in Abu Dhabi where Paris has six Rafale fighters jets.

The Paris conference on the security and peace in Iraq rang the alarm bell of the growing and global threat of IS. Representatives at the conference vowed strong cooperation "to do everything to ensure that the culprits are brought to justice."

Furthermore, they will "ensure today's commitments are implemented and followed up on," notably in the framework of the United Nations and during the high-level meetings that will be held alongside the United Nations General Assembly, according to the statement.

With month-long IS offensive in Iraq and Syria shaking the region stability and forcing millions of civilians mainly from minorities to flee the conflict, participants pledged an action plan to combat terrorist financing and measures aimed at preventing radicalization of people and to better monitor borders.

Expressing their support to the newly-appointed Iraqi government, top diplomats from Europe and Gulf region expressed their commitment to preserve Iraq's territorial integrity and sovereignty, urging officials in Baghdad "to strengthen the rule of law, implement a policy of inclusiveness, and ensure that all components are fairly represented... in order to successfully combat Daech (ISIL) and terrorist groups."

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