Al-Awadi: During the current government term, The International Coalition's Mission will come to an end

Baghdad-INA
 
The Iraqi government's spokesperson, Bassem Al-Awadi, declared on Sunday that the government program includes a paragraph about ending the international coalition's mission. He further stated that ending the international coalition's mission has officially begun since the Prime Minister's first-ever meeting of the Supreme Military Committee.
 
Al-Awadi stated to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "it is appropriate to begin studying the future of the coalition and develop an agreed-upon road map," adding that "the launch of the work of the joint supreme military committee between Iraq and the international coalition is a very great goal, as the international coalition was established in 2014 and military operations ended in 2018, and since that date, the coalition has been present inside Iraq."
 
"After years of liberation, the international coalition's mission needs to be discussed and examined in terms of what the international coalition has provided at the level of studying threats and risks and developing the combat, training, intelligence, and armament capabilities of the Iraqi forces so that they can carry out their national duty to protect Iraqi land," he continued, adding that "the coalition cannot last indefinitely. “
 
 
He indicated, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani referred at the Davos conference to two important issues, where he said ending the international coalition’s mission is necessary for the stability of Iraq. He also said ending the international coalition’s mission is necessary for the survival and building of positive friendship ties with the coalition forces,” pointing out that “ The two goals are Iraqi stability and positive, equal relations with the countries of the international coalition, and also the implementation of the government program, considering that ending the mission of the international coalition was one of the points of the government program to which the government made previous pledges.”
 
"The international coalition's mission in Iraq was set on track as the dialogue between the Iraqi government and the coalition forces began under the auspices of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani," he said, adding that "the prime minister made a pledge that the coalition's mission will end during the term of his current government, and this is what will be done."
 
He further said that Iraq's governments have always dealt with the advisers representing the international coalition forces rather than acknowledging the presence of combat forces on Iraqi territory. They have also noted that "moving to a new stage of military and security cooperation and not keeping any forces on Iraqi territory is part of achieving the termination of the coalition forces mission."
 
He stated that "all the tasks of the international coalition forces are transferred to the Iraqi armed forces, and we move to bilateral relations and agreements, including the strategic framework agreement or bilateral relations that will be imposed by the conditions of the stage with the international coalition's member countries."