The beginning of the first round of talks between Baghdad and Washington for the withdrawal of American forces

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the first meeting of the Joint Supreme Military Committee The meeting between Iraq and the US-led international coalition was held in Baghdad under the supervision of Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces. According to the statement of the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office, the purpose of this meeting is to review the mission The international coalition to fight ISIS was after Iraq’s victory over the ISIS terrorist group.

The said statement states that the military experts, the end of the international coalition’s military mission against ISIS after a decade of the beginning of this mission and widespread success. In order to realize it, they will undertake it in partnership with the security and military forces of Iraq.

After this meeting, the activities of the High Military Committee in three working groups: the threat of ISIS, operational and immediate needs, strengthening the increasing capabilities of the Iraqi security forces.

Earlier, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry issued an official statement and emphasized that in line with the national responsibility and considering the increase in the strength and capability of the Iraqi forces, the Iraqi government, with the agreement of the American government, the success of the negotiations between the two The party announces that it started in August 2023.

According to Middle East News, in this statement, it is stated that according to these agreements of the two countries, the High Military Committee to assess the threat and danger of ISIS and operational and immediate needs and To strengthen the capacity of the Iraqi security forces in order to draw a specific and clear timetable to determine the duration of the presence of the international coalition advisers in Iraq and the end of the coalition’s combat mission against ISIS and the transition to the stage of inclusive bilateral relations with the coalition member countries.