Baghdad-INA
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, denied the relationship of the American military movements inside Iraq, while confirming that the movements were part of the exchange of existing forces.
A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein received today, Wednesday, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, and during the meeting they discussed the overall Iraqi-American relations, and ways to enhance joint cooperation in the economic and development fields, in light of the strategic framework agreement, and in a way that benefits the interests of the two friendly countries.
According to the statement "The meeting dealt with discussing the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly, which will be held in the second half of next month, and the various activities during these meetings," pointing out that "the minister touched on that Iraq will participate in political events and within the framework of" multilateralism in addition to conducting many bilateral meetings.
"The two sides touched on the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Liaison Committee on Syria, which was hosted by Cairo on 15/8/2023, and discussed its outputs related to Syria and changes in this framework. In another aspect of the meeting, developments related to the "Al-Hol camp" in Syria and the problems which faces the transfer of some families from the camp to the Iraqi interior were discussed.
For her part, the US ambassador clarified about what was reported about US military movements inside Iraq, stressing that these movements were part of the exchange of existing forces, and she categorically denied the relationship of these military movements inside Iraq, stressing the US government's keenness to continue cooperation and develop common interests with Iraq.
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