Iraq Prime Minister’s trip to America; Successful or unsuccessful?

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani is on a 6-day trip to America met with the president, foreign minister, defense minister, a number of congress representatives, businessmen and company managers. During the Iraqi Prime Minister’s visit to America, 138 people, including two ministers of oil and planning, second-rank security-military officials, government and private sector investors, members of parliament, journalists and social media activists were present.

The details of the visit of the Sudanese delegation to Washington

The first criticism that can be made about this trip is the number of people who went to America with the Iraqi Prime Minister. Iraqi media critical of the Sudanese government considered the large number of people who accompanied the delegation on the trip to America to be criticisms of the government. The extensive media team, the absence of the ministers of foreign affairs, defense, finance, and the country, and the absence of a high-ranking security team, were among the most important criticisms that were reflected in the Iraqi media regarding the delegation accompanying the Iraqi prime minister.

The Iraqi Prime Minister’s visit to America was made with various goals, including changing the mission of the international coalition, attracting foreign investment in the energy sector, and finally cooperation in the military and security sectors.

Memoranda signed in the energy sector

Memorandums signed by the Iraqi public sector with American companies:

1. In the field of electricity, the memorandum between the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and General Electric Company
2. in the field of oil, the memorandum between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and Hanwell Company for the development and improvement of oil and gas fields

In the field of oil, the memorandum of understanding for the development of oil and gas fields by General Electric

3. Memorandum of Understanding between Iraq Development Fund and Mack Company in the field of transportation

Memorandums signed by the Iraqi private sector with American companies:

1. Baxter Company regarding hospital equipment
2. KBR company regarding the development of oil fields
3. KBR company regarding gas conversion Extracted to LPG
4. National Bank of Iraq NBI with USAID
5. Transatlantic Petroleum to develop and manage oil fields
6. Hanville Company to develop gas fields and stop gas flaring
7. Hanville Company to develop and advance remote control devices
8. Baker Hughes company aims to stop gas flaring and develop and repair oil fields
9. Emerson company in the field of oil field technology
10. Ark company in the field of liquefied gas production
11. GE company with the aim Supporting the oil industry
12. Emerson Company to supply equipment and energy development
13. GE company in order to convert liquefied gas into electric energy
14. Hanville company in order to develop and repair oil fields and prevent gas burning

Military and Security Agreements

In this trip, which witnessed the absence We were high-ranking military and security officials, a number of agreements were signed in different sectors, which include the following:

1. 550 Arms Agreement million dollars
2. purchase contract of 41 fighters
3. establishment of the line Production of American fighters
4. 140 million dollar contract for logistic support and equipping the Iraqi skies with American defenses

Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the former Prime Minister of Iraq, concluded an agreement in 2021 during a trip to Washington. Although this agreement led to the withdrawal of a number of American combat forces, it did not lead to positive results. The 2021 agreement, like the 2008 security agreement, was intended to speed up the withdrawal process of the Americans and bring success to the Iraqi government with the “withdrawal of military forces, entry of economic companies” initiative.

Maximum attraction of foreign investment had left the country, they returned to Iraq once again to create a basis for wider cooperation. One of these companies, contrary to its previous commitments, left Iraq at the beginning of 2024. According to the interview of Hayan Abdul Ghani, the current Iraqi Minister of Oil, with Al-Hura Network, Exxon Mobil Company chose the “Al-Qarna” oil field in Basra, which is one of the largest oil fields in Iraq, due to the high offer it had received from another place. left Of course, the Iraqi government immediately replaced PetroChina with this company.

Exit of coalition forces

Sudani’s presence in America brought the full support of the ruling parties. The coordination framework and the Kurdistan Democratic Party emphasized their support for the Sudanese trip by announcing the strengthening of bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States in the early hours of the Iraqi Prime Minister’s visit to Washington. It is obvious that the support of the coordination framework is placed under the withdrawal of the international coalition forces. “Changing the name of the American occupying forces to the coalition forces or to the sustainable security partnership has no value; We emphasize that they have no intention to leave. /newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/01/14030201152050124298546810.jpg”/>

The reason that the coordination framework Preferring silence against the past actions of America, is the experience of Tashrin protest developments in 2019. During the events of Tasherin, where the involvement of the Persian Gulf countries, America and England was clearly recognizable, we witnessed the disruption of political equations and the replacement of anarchy with rationalism in the Iraqi political scene. Now, having gained experience from those events, the ruling faction in Iraq is trying to show patience against the actions of the Americans, which has consequences:

1. Active American military presence in Iraq: Part of the 500 million dollar contract in the Iraqi military field with the United States was concluded by Lockheed Martin, which is one of the largest contractors. It is responsible for the construction, protection and repair of military fighters, and the other part is related to taking over the skies of Iraq. American Patriot systems are not intended to protect Iraqi army bases, but to protect American bases from resistance strikes.

“Nuri Maliki”, the former prime minister of Iraq, referring to the presence of the Americans in his country, said in an interview that was published in 2020 by the Al-Iraqiya network: “The early days of the presence ISIS in Iraq, satellite images showed their movements in bases in Anbar province. We told the Americans that there is such a problem. We asked them to target these bases. They did it today and tomorrow, and finally they said to ask Jordan to target the bases… even though an agreement was signed for cooperation between America and Iraq with the content that if something causes a threat to Iraq’s democracy, they will cooperate with each other. They target it. If there was no agreement between Jordan and Iraq regarding this issue and until the last moment of the end of the government, America did not strike the terrorists… America denied us all the possibilities. After the announcement of the official arrival of ISIS, the Abrams tanks were disabled, because the Americans did not supply them with parts. The weapons of the anti-terrorism apparatus, which is mainly supplied by the coalition forces and the United States, also failed. The head of the anti-terrorism agency went to the United States and was critical of their performance in dealing with terrorism, but there was no news of the supply of weapons by the Americans.”

These are only small parts of the Americans breaking the agreement in a situation that involved not only Iraq but the whole region and even Europe, but they refused to destroy terrorism and the front They moved them in the direction of supporting ISIS.

> signed, it will make Iraq look more like a military dependent in the region, which will not end up being a stabilizing factor.

2. The arrival of Sadr’s forces and the Iraqi resistance: The identity of Sadr’s current depends on the fight against the occupation. Despite the fact that some positions of “Moqtadi Sadr” are directed towards the Americans, after a period of inactivity, he is forced to bring up the struggle against the Americans from time to time in his words; Staying away from this ideal will lead to the separation of supporters and leaders close to Sadr.

The strong statement of the Iraqi resistance to the Sudanese government indicates their seriousness in confronting the American occupation. In addition, the “Sadeghoon” faction, which is the political wing of “Asaib Ahl al-Haq”, which is one of the resistance groups, together with the “Najba” movement, announced that if the Americans have no intention of leaving Iraq, they will once again use the weapon of resistance. with the aim of expelling these forces from Iraq. Therefore, if the current Iraqi government fails to fulfill its promises to withdraw American forces, it will cause insecurity.

3. Position of the coordination framework: Until the time of writing this report, the members of the coordination framework have a negative position towards the Sudanese trip and the contracts They did not adopt a contract. The strategy of the coordination framework, which includes a number of political factions of the resistance, is to trust a process and time frame. In fact, some political factions of this group believe in a kind of balance between different groups. They do not consider it appropriate to expel the American invaders in the old way. Therefore, they consider Maliki’s government as a lesson and they know that the withdrawal of American forces requires a long time for security to prevail in Iraq.

Iraq electricity and gas supply

The project of connecting Iraq to the electricity system of Jordan and the Persian Gulf countries has been mentioned for the past years, but now it has taken a more serious course. On March 30 of this year, Jordan’s electricity was officially connected to Iraq, which covers parts of Anbar province and al-Rutba city. This network enters Iraq from 6 km from Jordan and covers 300 km. Another project is to connect electricity to Persian Gulf countries through Kuwait. According to the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, 75% of this project has been completed and it will most likely be opened by the end of the year. In addition, contracts have been signed with Turkmenistan, Iran and the United States to improve the quality of electricity in this country. America, ” src=”https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/01/14030201152327719298547110.jpg”/>

Americans are trying to provide electricity to this country by encouraging and granting facilities to the private sector of Iraq with the aim of not needing Iran’s gas. If the power plants that were previously destroyed by the Americans themselves are developed and the gas needed for electricity production is supplied by the three American super companies, in the next 5 to 10 years, Iran’s gas will provide the minimum capacity for Iraq’s electricity. Considering the sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran and the goal announced by the Iraqi government to become self-sufficient in gas within the next 5 years, it seems that the Iranian gas market in Iraq will gradually decline.

Other goals, including increasing oil production to more than 6 million barrels per day, canceling or reducing sanctions against banks, economic institutions and individuals, obtaining sanctions waivers from the United States for Financial exchange with Iran, oil exports and parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region are among the things that will be determined over time. Americans in Iraq have a direct impact on the political arrangements in this country and the election of Sudanese for the next round.

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