Baghdad – Mil
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed on Wednesday that Iraq has an important role in the security and stability of the region, and exerted an exceptional effort to calm down and work to not expand the arena of the conflict.
The Sudanese Information Office said in a statement, which replied to “Mil”, that “the Sudanese participated in the dialogue session held on Wednesday within the 14th Concordia Summit, which began in New York, on the sidelines of the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly at its 79th session.”
The statement added that “the summit dealt with a number of discussion axes that included cultural diplomacy and youth support, democracy, security, geopolitical risks, environmental sustainability and natural resources, global trade, industrialization and supply chains, health opportunities and challenges, as well as human rights and social progress.”
Al-Sudani pointed out, according to the statement, “to the difficult stage that the Middle East is going through, and Iraq’s repeated warnings after the events of October 7, with the importance of stopping this war that targeted innocent citizens in Gaza and the occupied territories, which left large numbers of martyrs, wounded and starvation, and the expansion of the conflict arena in the Red Sea, Syria and finally in Lebanon, as well as the tense situations between the Zionist entity and Iran, which may lead to a comprehensive war, indicating the importance of the Middle East region, which represents a third of the world’s oil needs, in the face of the intransigence of the Prime Minister of the occupation government and his lack of respect for international institutions, laws and agreements, and the failure of the international system.”
Al-Sudani stressed that “Iraq has an important role in the security and stability of the region, and made an exceptional effort in calming down and working to dean the arena of the conflict not widen, and supported all solution initiatives, including the recent proposal by President Biden.”
He added: “We have put pressure on all regional parties on the issue of restraint, and not to be dragged into attempts to expand the conflict arena to the Middle East.”
He added that “we called for a summit on Lebanon, and we have contacts with various leaders of the region, to urge an end to this war.”
He pointed out that “the relationship between Iraq and the United States is strategic, based on stops of helping Iraq overthrow the dictatorial regime, and extended to years of support for Iraq in the face of terrorism.”
He explained that “in 2014, the Iraqi government asked the United States for international support to confront ISIS, and on this basis the international coalition was formed to fight ISIS,” pointing out that “we fought fierce battles and won them and provided a model of cooperation with the United States, and with regional countries to confront the threat of ISIS.”
Al-Sudani continued, “It is important to re-evaluate the existence of this alliance, which is limited today’s existence to advisers and not combat forces as it is raised,” referring to conducting dialogues to arrange the end of the coalition mission, in which we thanked on behalf of Iraq’s people and government to all the countries that helped Iraq in its war against ISIS.
He stressed that “Iraq will remain an original member of this alliance to confront the threat of extremist terrorist thought, and at the same time we open the door to bilateral relations in the security field.”
He added that “we want our relationship with the United States to expand in the fields of economy, technology and other important sectors, and in line with the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement.”
Al-Sudani spoke about the tripartite budget, that “the size of the investment plan in it reached 83 billion dollars in 3 years,” but saying: “We cannot launch to real economic development without having extensive infrastructure and effective services that meet the need of the citizen.”
He pointed out that “we have achieved an implementation rate of more than 33%, and up to $25 billion in the field of services over two years of the government’s life.”
“Optimism exists in popular circles about the seriousness of the government’s implementation in the service sector,” he added.
Al-Sudani stressed: “We have lifted 12 million people from the brink of poverty, through cash subsidies and a food basket that cost approximately 9 billion dollars, to reduce the poverty rate, due to displacement, war and the cessation of development over the past years.”