Iraqi Defense Minister: We are ready to establish security after the withdrawal of American forces

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Iraqi Defense Minister Thabet Mohammad Saeed Al-Abasi with Referring to the agreement between Iraq and the United States to discuss the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, he said: The Supreme Military Committee of Iraq and the United States will resume talks with the countries of the international coalition in the next few days after issuing special orders from the Commander-in-Chief. The Minister of Defense of Iraq also announced in this regard: After the talks, the time of the withdrawal of the coalition forces will be determined, and the joint cooperation relations between Iraq, the United States and the coalition countries in various political, economic, cultural, security and military fields are in line with The approach of the Iraqi government will be regulated. The Iraqi Defense Minister emphasized that our armed forces are fully prepared for the withdrawal of coalition forces and full control of the security case in the country. In his statement, he emphasized the importance of developing a specific and clear timetable to determine the duration of the presence of the international coalition advisors in Iraq and to start reducing the number of advisors in Iraq. We declare our full support to the government of Iraq for starting a dialogue with the international coalition to regulate bilateral relations. American forces from Iraq said: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq is an important step in the right direction. The president of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq published a statement of the agreement between the central government of Iraq and the United States regarding the resumption of the joint high committee between the two countries in He welcomed the negotiations for the withdrawal of the international coalition forces from Iraq. On Thursday (5th of February), the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced an agreement to gradually reduce the so-called international coalition advisers in Iraq. .

In this statement, it is pointed out the success of the negotiations between the governments of Iraq and the United States, which started in August 2023, and emphasizing the necessity of setting up a high military committee at the level of working groups to assess the threat and danger. ISIS has ended.

In this statement, it has been emphasized that a specific and clear timetable has been established in the agreements, based on which the duration of the presence of the advisers of the international coalition in Iraq has been determined, and the advisers will be confined in the territory of Iraq. They will gradually leave the territory of Iraq and finally the end of the military mission of the coalition against ISIS will be announced.

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