Defense Minister Thabet al-Abbassi revealed the details of the agreement of the withdrawal of the international coalition from Iraq.
“The Iraqi-American committees agreed to withdraw with the remaining of a security partnership,” Al-Abbasi said in a press statement, noting that “an Iraqi-American agreement to end the international coalition mission will be in two stages.”
“The first phase of the American withdrawal will begin this year and continue until 2025, and the other phase of the American withdrawal will end in 2026 in full,” he explained.
Al-Abbasi pointed out that “US Secretary of Defense {Lloyd Austin] submitted a proposal that two years of withdrawal are insufficient,” adding, “We rejected the US Secretary of Defense’s proposal to add another year for the withdrawal period.”
Reuters reported last Friday that the United States and Iraq agreed on the plan for the withdrawal of international coalition forces from the country, noting that “the understanding between America and Iraq will see the departure of hundreds of soldiers by September 2025.”
Reuters pointed out that “the understanding between America and Iraq provides for the withdrawal of all forces in 2026.”
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