Shafaq News / Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani stressed on Thursday the importance of developing cooperation with NATO after the end of the mission of the international coalition led by the United States of America in Iraq.
This came during his meeting with the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission in Iraq, General Lucas Schroers, who recently took office, according to a statement issued by the Sudanese media office.
The statement stated that, during the meeting, the security situation in the region was discussed, and the efforts of the mission and its cooperation with the Iraqi security institutions in the field of advice and training were reviewed, and in the field of intelligence coordination towards the prosecution of remnants of remnants of ISIS terrorist gangs.
The statement added that the Prime Minister stressed the importance of developing bilateral cooperation with the mission in the areas of training and information coordination, with the Iraqi armed forces after the end of the international coalition mission in Iraq, in a way that enhances security and helps in the stability of the region.
For his part, General Schroors expressed his thanks to the government, for supporting the mission, and providing the necessary facilities for its work in Iraq, according to the statement.
Earlier this year, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced the success of the negotiations with America and the agreement to form a “supreme military committee” to draft a specific and clear timetable that determines the duration of the presence of the advisers of the international coalition in Iraq.
On Wednesday, June 5, a political source was informed, revealed a 40-day deadline granted by armed Iraqi factions to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, to resolve the file of removing US forces from the country, promising that otherwise it would resume their attacks against US military forces.
In early February, attacks by armed groups on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria stopped, after a drone attack killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan, in response to which the United States carried out air strikes on sites in Iraq and Syria.
In the midst of the new developments, a political source familiar with Shafaq News told Agency that “a number of armed factions have given the Sudanese and his government until mid-July to resolve the file of removing American forces from the country.”
The source added, “The factions stipulated the establishment of an announced and binding timetable for the resolvement of this file, and otherwise military operations against American goals and interests in Iraq and the region will be resurred.”
On January 30, 2024, the Hezbollah Iraq Brigades announced the cessation of its operations against US forces in order to “not embarrass the Iraqi government,” recommending its fighters “temporarily negative defense.”
Iraqi armed factions launched periodic attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria, which began in late October 2023, against the backdrop of the Gaza war.
