Ihsan Al-Shammari to Nina: This is the nature of the Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to Washington, 30 MARCH

  Ihsan Al-Shammari to Nina: This is the nature of the Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to Washington

3/30/2024

The head of the Center for Political Thinking, Ihsan Al-Shammari, professor of public policy at the University of Baghdad, explained the expected goal of the expected visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, expected in the middle of next month, to Washington.

Al-Shammari said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ): “The Sudanese’s upcoming visit to Washington could be considered protocol, especially in terms of the timing of the visit, especially since it will be in the final months of President Joe Biden’s election campaign and his presence at the head of power in the United States of America.” ".

He added: “The visit’s features have been made clear for quite some time, and it will be limited to specific files, namely (the security issue, the Iranian file, and the presence of American forces in Iraq),” pointing out that: “Not all of these files may be resolved during the visit, given that the stage Transitional understandings could be subject to a new vision if the Republicans win the elections.”

Al-Shammari pointed out: “The Prime Minister will have difficulty discussing these files, especially since the United States of America refuses to talk about withdrawal from Iraq, and therefore the agreement between Iraq and the United States and a new chapter and a new role and survival of the American forces can be discussed.”

He pointed out: “The armed factions are divided in their opinion regarding the Sudanese visit to Washington. Some of them reject and the other support the completion of the American withdrawal talks from Iraq, and most of them do not trust the Americans and want a quick exit from Iraq.”  LINK