Wednesday, March 20 2019 at 16:01 PM
Baghdad / Sky Press
The US Embassy in Baghdad said that the Iraqi government informed a US delegation that visited Baghdad recently that the forces of Washington in Iraq should remain within the international coalition.
The embassy said that "a delegation from the Armed Forces Committee in the US Congress visited Baghdad and Erbilon March 18 and 19 to discuss US-Iraqi relations," indicating that "the Iraqi government and in partnership with the Iraqi security forces called for the survival of Washington forces in Iraq as part of the international coalition to defeat the" .
The embassy stressed "the need to respect the continued partnership of the sovereignty of Iraq while working with the Iraqi security forces to achieve the common goal of ensuring the permanent defeat of violent extremist organizations such as a sympathetic organization."
She pointed out that the delegation consisted of members of the US Congress John Garamendi, Dib Haland and Veronica Escobar, noting that the delegation met in Baghdad with Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi, also met in Erbil, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, And his deputy, Qubad Talabani.
"The delegation discussed the importance of the relationship between Washington and Baghdad and the future of bilateral cooperation, in particular ensuring the permanent defeat of" Dasha "and the continued role of the United States in advising and training Iraqi security forces.
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