Iraqi PM: We Don't Need Foreign Troops Anymore

  The Iraqi prime minister said Baghdad was negotiating with the US coalition to determine the form of future cooperation. According to him, Iraq no longer needs foreign troops. Quoted by the Iraqi news agency, INA, Monday (14/8/2023) Mohammad Shia Al Sudani said, "Iraq today no longer needs foreign troops. Negotiations are underway to clarify the form of relations, and future cooperation with coalition forces international." He added, "The goal of ISIS' deviant thinking that was designed in closed meetings was to control the region. Ayatollah Sistani's resistance, and the sacrifices of Iraqis, have crippled ISIS."

According to Al Sudani, the right of the Iraqi people, to be proud of the sacrifices of all citizens of this country who have destroyed ISIS. All martyrs must be honored. The first are the two resistance commanders, Syahid Mahdi Al Muhandis, and Syahid Qassem Soleimani. This statement was delivered by the Prime Minister of Iraq, after the visit made by the Minister of Defense of this country to the United States. Previously, the spokesperson for the Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Yahya Rasool said, the Iraqi delegation, on a visit to the US, would discuss a number of issues, especially the presence of international coalition troops, Iraq-US security cooperation, exchange of experience and information, especially in the areas of intelligence and arrests. ISIS terrorists. (HS)