Parliamentary Bodies Talk About “Boycotting The American Ambassador” And Clarify “Washington’s Agenda” In Baghdad, 8 FEB

 Parliamentary Bodies Talk About “Boycotting The American Ambassador” And Clarify “Washington’s Agenda” In Baghdad

Politics |Baghdad Today – Baghdad  Parliamentary authorities confirmed that the decision to boycott US Ambassador Elena Romanski already exists, while referring to the "Washington agenda", which it wants to implement in Baghdad.

A member of the coordination framework, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, said today, Thursday (February 8, 2024), that “boycotting the meeting with the American ambassador to Iraq is an existing decision and it is a general trend in response to violations, but the issue went beyond the topic of the meeting, whether it should remain or be recalled.”

Al-Baldawi added in an interview with “Baghdad Today”: “We are facing major crimes committed by Washington against the leaders of the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Iraqi resistance factions through the attempt of the evil state - in reference to America - to drag Iraq and the region into war and ignite strife in implementation of its policies of setting fires in countries.” .

He pointed out, "Although the Iraqi resistance factions and their coordination have suspended targeting the American occupation bases, the latter is working with all its efforts to drag the factions, the resistance and Iraq into the war," pointing out that "it is necessary to send an urgent message to the United Nations, the Security Council, and the coalition leadership to withdraw the forces present in "The country."

He stated, "It is necessary for the United Nations to work in accordance with the Charter and hold accountable the countries that ignite wars in the region," noting that "what happened yesterday is aggression and a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty that cannot be tolerated, and the removal of American forces is a national demand of all factions."

On (January 28, 2024), the independent representative in the Iraqi parliament, Sajjad Salem, commented on the formation of a joint military committee between Iraq and the United States of America in order to remove foreign forces from Iraqi territory.

Salem told "Baghdad Today", "According to the strategic framework agreement between Baghdad and Washington, there are joint committees between the two parties, and these committees discuss security and military preparations, discuss threats, and end the work of the international coalition and remove foreign forces from the work and jurisdiction of the Iraqi security forces. They are Those most capable of identifying Iraq still need the presence of international coalition forces and to estimate the extent of the risks and threats that Iraq faces.”

He added, "The formation of a joint military committee between Iraq and the United States of America came due to the recent events that Iraq witnessed, including escalation between some factions and the Americans and mutual bombing operations, but whether American forces remain or not must be according to the estimates of the Iraqi forces, as this is a technical and security aspect." "It must be far from whims and political agenda."

 On January 27, 2024, the first round of bilateral dialogue between Iraq and the United States was launched to end the mission of the international coalition against ISIS, which Baghdad hopes will lead to a gradual reduction of coalition forces on its territory.  LINK