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The framework holds an emergency meeting to discuss the details of the Rubio-Sudani call
2/26/2025
The Coordination Framework is likely to hold an emergency meeting within the next two days to discuss the details of the phone call that took place between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, according to what was revealed by the Fatah Alliance led by Hadi al-Amiri, one of the leaders of the Shiite alliance.
Al-Sudani's media office reported in a statement published on Tuesday evening that the latter received a phone call from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during which they discussed the overall bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States, and ways to strengthen and develop them.
Commenting on this, the leader of the Al-Fatah Alliance, Adi Al-Khadran, told Shafaq News, "Iraq, through the Iraqi government, has worked since the beginning of the crisis in the region to stay away from the arena of conflict and war, and all the meetings of the Coordination Framework during the past periods emphasized the neutrality of Iraq from entering any battle, and not to be within any of the regional and international axes."
He added, "It is expected that there will be an emergency and important meeting of the Coordination Framework within the next two days in order to discuss what was stated in the American warning or threat messages that were conveyed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, to come out with results and an agreement that will keep Iraq away from any American sanctions or decisions that may negatively affect the internal Iraqi situation."
On Wednesday, the US State Department announced new details regarding the phone call made by Secretary Marco Rubio with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
"Rubio discussed with Al-Sudani a number of issues, including Iranian influence in the region, the need for Iraqi energy independence, and US commercial investments," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
She added that the two sides agreed "on the necessity for Iraq to become independent in the field of energy, to resume the operation of the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline quickly, and to adhere to the terms of the contracts of American companies operating in Iraq to attract additional investments."
The statement issued by the media office of the Iraqi Prime Minister did not mention the details provided by the US State Department in its statement about the phone call between Rubio and Al-Sudani.
