Al-Awadi: Iraq's approach emphasizes regional and international cooperation to stop the Zionist aggression

Baghdad-INA 
The spokesman for the Iraqi government, Basim Al-Awadi, confirmed today, Friday, that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani is doing everything he can to stop the ceasefire, and while he stressed that the major countries and the United Nations are required to take positions to pressure and stop the Zionist aggression, he indicated that Iraq's approach emphasizes regional and international cooperation to stop the war.
 
Al-Awadi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani held intensive international meetings after the battles moved from Gaza to Lebanon and the tragic events that occurred in Lebanon that may move to other regions," indicating that "the Iraqi approach since the beginning of the war on October 7 of last year is regional and international diplomatic cooperation to put an end to the war in the region."
 
He added that "Iraq looks forward to the two major important countries, permanent members of the Security Council, Russia and China, playing a role in the ceasefire, and France's role in this cannot be hidden by anyone," stressing the necessity of "the Security Council playing its role and having a position in deterring aggression and the United Nations organizations playing their role to protect the victims and displaced persons in Gaza and Lebanon." 
 
He stressed that "the Zionist channel that dared to undermine the position of the supreme religious authority, Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, is an unofficial channel, but it represents the Zionist far right and is close to the Prime Minister of the entity, and it tried to convey a certain message, and the matter was strongly condemned by the Iraqi government, the presidencies and the political parties, and the American embassy issued a statement regarding this transgression, in addition to the response of the ambassadors of the European countries and the ambassadors of Russia and China," noting that "Iraq does not allow or accept what is reported in the media on Sayyid al-Sistani, and the supreme authority in Iraq should not to involve into these issues." 
 
  "The Prime Minister of the entity, Benjamin Netanyahu, is suffering from hysteria and paranoia and must be curbed," noting, "the need to pressure the international community to issue a UN resolution obligating the Zionist entity to cease fire."
 
Al-Awadi explained, "The United States says it is doing everything it can to stop the fire with certain efforts," expressing his hope that "it will intensify its efforts and be more honest in pressuring the Zionist entity to cease fire immediately."