Not a lot of RV news but there is tremendous pressure from Sudani to remove all US presence is Iraq. Both Financial restrictions and the military. Article: “Sudani urges ending foreign forces presence in Iraq“ Not just military but it is time for Iraq to be autonomous and sovereign so they want the removal of US forces and also financially.
They want the US military to leave immediately because of their destabilizing affect and to reorganize the US-Iraq relationship financially.There has been a number of articles this week where they are pushing to remove US tentacles from their financial world as well. This is big.
Comment: Well this is a 3 day weekend…Monday is Presidents day…fingers crossed. MarkZ: We don’t know the timing but, this weekend would sure be a great opportunity. ...It is fairly quiet in Iraq today But there is a lot of anticipation for this weekend. We will see what happens.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani returned to the capital Baghdad, after the conclusion of his official visit to the Netherlands and his participation in the Munich Security Conference 2024.
According to the government statement, {Euphrates News} received a copy of it that: “The Sudanese held a series of meetings and meetings in both the Dutch city of The Hague and German Munich, which were as follows:
-Bilateral talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte.
– Chairing the delegation of Iraq in the expanded meeting with the Dutch official delegation.
– Reception of the CEO of Shell, the CEO of Shell, the CEO of Mammut, which is specialized in the transport sector, and the director of government relations at the energy company Sibolt.
– Attending a dialogue seminar in the presence of a group of businessmen and representatives of 40 Dutch companies.
-Munich
– Meeting of the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein.
– Meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
-A meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Schulz.
– Meeting with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Meta Fredriksen.
– Meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
– Meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
– Meeting with the Prime Minister of Estonia Kaya Kallas.
-Reception of the British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
-Meeting with the Italian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Antonio Tiani.
-Reception of the Commander of the Joint Forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Admiral Steurt Munch.
-Receiving four members of the US Congress.
-Reception of the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Miriana Spolyarich Eger.
-Meeting with Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnes Calamard.
-Reception of US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
– Meeting with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Head of the Strategic Review Team for the Work of the UNAMI Mission in Iraq, Volker Peretz.
-CEO of Siemens Energy International, Christian Broch, received.
-Reception of the general manager of the Italian company Leonardo, which specializes in security, defense and information systems, Lorenzo Mariani.
– Receiving a number of leaders of the intelligence and security services in different friendly countries.
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On Friday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani discussed with US Vice President Kamala Harris the continuation of the dialogue through the Joint Supreme Committee to end the tasks of the international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq, and the latter renewed her invitation to Sudan to visit Washington.
A statement from Al-Sudani’s office, a copy of which was received by 964 Network , stated :
Today, Friday, Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, met with US Vice President, Ms. Kamala Harris, on the sidelines of his Excellency’s participation in the 2024 Munich Security Conference.
The meeting witnessed discussion of bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States, and an emphasis on the continuation of dialogue through the Joint Supreme Committee to end the tasks of the international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq, after the capabilities of the Iraqi armed forces have grown and the threat of the remnants of terrorism has receded.
During the meeting, the transition in the relationship between the United States and Iraq to all aspects of joint bilateral cooperation in all economic and development fields within the strategic framework agreement between the two countries was also discussed.
The Prime Minister renewed Iraq’s firm position regarding sovereignty over Iraqi territory, as it is one of the principles that cannot be tolerated or neglected under various reasons and circumstances.
For her part, Ms. Kamala Harris conveyed the greetings of the US President, Mr. Joseph Biden, renewing his invitation to His Excellency to visit Washington, and stressed the American administration’s keenness on the success of the Iraqi government in various fields and files in facing various challenges, noting that the current government has proven its ability to find successful partnerships from It would achieve stability in Iraq and contribute to stabilizing the region. She also expressed her country’s interest in the ongoing dialogue through the Joint Supreme Committee regarding ending the mission of the international coalition.
Article: "Minister of Commerce: International welcome and desire to increase investments in Iraq"
Article quote: "the meeting came out with many decision that were approved including ... welcoming Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization."
That's awesome...
Are we waiting for a major announcement?
Remember Salih said there was going to be a major announcement and we haven't heard it yet. This right here is that this major announcement? I don't think so. It's almost like leakage...
Iraq is a border country with Kuwait. Iraq is considerably larger than Kuwait...They have massive amount of oil...liquid natural gas...gold...some of the biggest mineral deposits in the world that Kuwait does not have.
You have to ask, why did they bring this up?
- Article quote: "The Kuwaiti dinar ranked on the throne of currencies in the world for the year 2024 while the US dollar came in last place on the list of 10 strongest global currencies ...the dinar of the Gulf State is divided into 1,000 smaller units known as fils."
Iraq does not have fils. They're going to be talking about fils because why? Because...Al-Sudani has stated the dinar is stronger than the dollar. They're going to need to be able to make change...When they bring this up with Iraq's situation I think they're doing it in a manner that suggests the region can support Iraq having a strong currency stronger than the dollar..