Sunday, February 18, 2024

Al-Sudani discusses with members of the US Congress the end of the international coalition’s mission and the transition to bilateral relations, 18 FEB

 Al-Sudani discusses with members of the US Congress the end of the international coalition’s mission and the transition to bilateral relations

Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani discussed, with members of the US Congress, today, Saturday, the end of the international coalition’s mission in Iraq.

Al-Sudani’s media office stated in a statement received by {Al-Furat News} that “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani received four members of the US Congress, namely: Mike Turner, McKeirl, Joe Wilson, and Gerry Connolly, on the sidelines of his Excellency’s participation in the 2024 Munich Security Conference.” .

The statement added, "During the meeting, bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States were discussed, and ways to enhance constructive cooperation, as well as a number of files and issues of common interest were reviewed.

The meeting also touched on the ongoing dialogue regarding ending the mission of the international coalition in Iraq, after the arrival of the security forces." Iraq has reached an advanced stage of readiness and high performance, and the transition to broad bilateral relations between Iraq, the United States of America, and the rest of the coalition countries.”

The Prime Minister stressed, "the necessity of developing relations between the two countries at various levels and sectors, without limiting them to the security aspect only," pointing to "the state of recovery that Iraq is going through, the reforms it is witnessing in various economic and financial sectors, and the progress of concluding integrated economic partnerships with countries in the region." "And the world, which will contribute to promoting development and achieving stability for the country."

For their part, members of the US Congress indicated their "interest in the success of the Iraqi government in several aspects," stressing "the importance of Iraq and its role in enhancing security and stability in the region."   LINK

"RV UPDATE" BY JEFF & BGG, 18 FEB

  Jeff  

 Everything's happening exactly when it's happening for a very specific reason...Iraq is bringing some very critical steps forward specifically within the month of March... Article "The Central Bank of Iraq decides to restore the mechanism for financing Iraq's foreign trade, starting next March March was not chosen coincidentally...Kuwait and Iraq have the same budget period which is April 1st...

 BGG  

 Article:  "Law: The region requests American support to secede from Iraq"  Of course they want America out, in this circumstance and narrow window, we are the ones holding back the SOL (State of Law – aka Maliki’s former Iranian backed henchmen) from continuing to loot the wealth of Iraq.

Soudani update BY NADER FROM MID EAST

Al-Sudani's Office: The Iraqi speech in Munich was frank about issues of sovereignty, security, and economic partnerships, 18 FEB

 2/17/2024

Director of the Media Office of the Prime Minister, Rabie Nader, confirmed today, Saturday, that the Iraqi speech in Munich was frank on issues of sovereignty, security, and serious economic partnerships.

Nader said, in a tweet on the {X} platform, that: “More than 22 meetings were held by the Prime Minister in Munich in just two days, and the Iraqi speech was frank on issues of sovereignty, security, and serious economic partnerships.”

He added, "There was great international understanding of Iraq's desire to move the relationship with the international coalition countries from security to strategic partnerships in various fields, and the messages were clear that Iraq's security is necessary for the security of the region and a stable Iraq is in everyone's interest."

Nard continued, "Iraq is a meeting point and refuses to be an arena for settling scores, and the international community must move quickly to stop the war on Gaza." LINK

"RV UPDATE" BY MARKZ, 18 FEB

 MarkZ 

  [via PDK]  

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.

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Sudani returns to Baghdad after concluding his official visit to the Netherlands and his participation in the Munich conference, 18 FEB

 Sudani returns to Baghdad after concluding his official visit to the Netherlands and his participation in the Munich conference

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.

https://alforatnews.iq/news/السوداني-يعود-إلى-بغداد-بعد-اختتام-زيارته-الرسمية-إلى-هولندا-ومشاركته-في-مؤتمر-ميونخ