Al-Awadi: Iraq will demand the issuance of a resolution under Chapter VII to cease fire immediately

Baghdad-INA 
The spokesman for the Iraqi government, Basim Al-Awadi, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the events of Gaza war were clear to the government that they were like a rolling snowball that would affect the entire region, indicating that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani rushed to take serious action, direct statements and warnings in conjunction with a well-studied plan for political and diplomatic action at the external and internal levels to find a national Iraqi political equation that would prevent Iraq from being a battleground or a party to it.
 
Al-Awadi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The efforts of the Prime Minister during the past 13 months have achieved great success in protecting Iraq from being a military target despite the previous intermittent threats that have increased in type and quantity during the recent period," noting that "the Prime Minister of the entity's government showing Iraq within the black zone and titled the axis of the curse was clear in his speech before the General Assembly as an indication that he should place targeting Iraq within his priority program."
 
Al-Awadi added, "The letter of the Foreign Minister of the Zionist entity to the United Nations, which invokes Article 51 of the United Nations Charter for self-defense, is nothing but an announcement of imminent direct attacks," explaining that "if it were not for the maneuvers of the Iraqi government and its diplomatic and political steps, Israel would have carried out its threats months ago."
 
Al-Awadi confirmed, "Iraq rejects this complaint and considers it merely pretexts aimed at justifying a planned aggression aimed at expanding the scope of the conflict, and affirms its full commitment to international law and the United Nations Charter."
 
The spokesman for the Iraqi government continued, "The decision of peace and war is the sole prerogative of the Iraqi government, Legitimately, constitutionally and legally, and the government is continuing its procedures and will double and strengthen them to prevent the use of Iraqi territory to launch attacks that the Zionist entity uses as pretexts and submit international memoranda and demands on the basis of them that the international community give it the green light and the right to self-defense according to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter."
 
Al-Awadi explained that "the National Security Council map in its last meeting was divided into three decisive tracks:
 
On the international track:
 
- Iraq had filed two complaints to the Security Council against the Zionist entity in August and October 2024, and will follow up and demand that the Security Council take sufficient and deterrent measures to achieve regional and international stability and peace.
 
- Demanding the issuance of a resolution under Chapter VII to immediately cease fire and prevent any party from hostile acts or justifying them.
 
- Moving towards the United States to support Iraq's movement and its defense of itself in accordance with the security dialogues within the framework of the third section of the Strategic Framework Agreement.
 
- Moving towards all friends of Iraq in the international coalition to help curb the entity.
 
On the regional track:
 
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take intensive action in regional forums, and call for a firm position that includes practical measures in accordance with the decisions of the League of Arab States.
 
The internal security track was divided into five categories:
 
- The readiness of all armed forces and their protection according to the military contexts followed and activating their efforts with all security forces in preventing and pursuing any attacks from within Iraq.
 
- Air Defense: Implementing full military procedures, most notably protecting the skies of Iraq from penetration, confronting any aggression, and providing protection for important and sensitive centers officially notified to them.
 
- Increasing the number of border guards in the western region, deployment, monitoring, securing effective security depth, and implementing full military procedures.
 
- Military Intelligence: Monitoring, analysis, and follow-up, external and internal, in various fields, and providing daily briefings to the General Command on every detail.
 
- Alertness and attention of officials of military and security units in all governorates and cities, and bearing full responsibility for implementing orders literally.