American ambassador: It will take time to reduce the forces of the international coalition from Iraq

According to the Monday morning report of the Reuters news agency, Alina Romanovsky stated that ISIS in Iraq is still a threat to the security situation of Iraq, claiming that the defeat of this terrorist group has not yet been achieved. /p>

He added: ISIS is still a threat here (Iraq), although the level of this threat has recently decreased significantly.

The American ambassador in Iraq added: Basically, our work is not finished yet and we want to make sure that the Iraqi forces can continue to defeat this group.

Referring to the military negotiations between Baghdad and the international coalition, Romanovsky said: “The issue of reducing the number of international coalition forces from Iraq will take some time.

He also claimed that efforts in Iraq are focused on reducing the country’s dependence on Iranian energy and pushing its banking sector towards global standards.

The American occupying forces along with other foreign military forces have been stationed in Iraq since 2003 in the form of an international coalition, and their largest base is Ain al-Asad in Al-Anbar province in the west of this country. The Americans also have a number of military forces and They have deployed defense systems in their embassy in the area under strict security measures in the center of Baghdad.

Iraq Parliament on January 15, 2018, two days after the terrorist act of the former US President Donald Trump’s administration in the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Organization, on the way to Baghdad airport. By holding a meeting, he voted for the withdrawal of all foreign military forces.

Following the crimes of the American forces in the attack on the bases of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi organization and the martyrdom of Generals Soleimani and Al-Muhandis, the expulsion of the American military and foreign forces has become the main demand of the people, political and religious currents of Iraq.

Source: IRNA