Government spokesman, Bassem Al-Awadi, confirmed on Sunday that Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani had made a pledge that the coalition’s mission would end during his current government term.
Al-Awadi said in a press statement, “The launch of the work of the joint supreme military committee between Iraq and the international coalition is a very big dream, as the international coalition was established in 2014 and military operations ended in 2018, and since that history the coalition has been present inside Iraq,” indicating that “from “It is appropriate to begin studying the future of the alliance and develop an agreed-upon road map to move to a new phase of bilateral cooperation instead of the alliance.”
He added, “After years of liberation, the mission of the international coalition needs to be discussed and examined in terms of what the international coalition has provided at the level of studying threats and risks and developing the combat, training, intelligence and armament capabilities of the Iraqi forces so that they can carry out their national duty to protect Iraqi land,” noting that “this cannot The alliance is to remain indefinitely.”
He stated, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani referred at the Davos conference to two important issues in two very prominent addresses, where he said ending the international coalition’s mission is necessary for the stability of Iraq. He also said ending the international coalition’s mission is necessary for the survival and building of a positive friendship relationship with the coalition forces,” pointing out that “ The two goals are Iraqi stability and positive, equal relations with the countries of the international coalition, and also the implementation of the government program, considering that ending the mission of the international coalition was one of the points of the government program to which the government made previous pledges.”
He stated that “the dialogue began between the international coalition forces and the Iraqi government under the auspices of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, as the end of the international coalition’s mission in Iraq was set on track,” explaining that “the prime minister made a pledge that the coalition’s mission will end during the term of his current government, and this is what will be done.” “And it is achieved.”
He stated that “when the Iraqi governments gave authorization to the international coalition since June 2014 and to our current government, therefore all successive Iraqi governments did not recognize the presence of combat forces on Iraqi territory, but rather were dealing with so-called advisors representing the international coalition forces,” pointing out that “part One way to achieve the end of the coalition forces’ mission is to not keep any forces on Iraqi territory and move to a new phase of military and security cooperation.”
He stated that “all tasks related to the international coalition forces are transferred to the Iraqi armed forces, and we move to bilateral relations and agreements, including the strategic framework agreement or bilateral relations that will be imposed by the circumstances of the stage with the international coalition countries.”
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