Iraq and the United States sign an agreement to hand over the diplomatic support site at Baghdad Airport.
Iraq and the United States sign an agreement to hand over the diplomatic support site at Baghdad Airport.
2026-09-25
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday the signing of an agreement to hand over the diplomatic support site at Baghdad International Airport to the United States.
This came during the signing ceremony of the agreement to hand over to the Iraqi government the diplomatic support site of the US Embassy at Baghdad International Airport. The agreement was signed by the Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations, Ambassador Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Uloom, representing the Government of the Republic of Iraq, and the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Iraq, Ambassador Steven Fagin, representing the US government.
The ministry stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that “this step comes within the framework of the Iraqi government’s efforts to complete the procedures related to ending the mission of the international coalition and the foreign military presence in Iraq, according to the timetable set for September 30, 2026.”
According to the statement, the Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations stressed the importance of this step in strengthening Iraqi-American relations and moving them to a new stage of cooperation and partnership in a number of areas of common interest, particularly the economic, development, energy and other sectors.
For his part, Fagen expressed his country’s government’s support for the Iraqi government’s efforts to develop relations between Baghdad and Washington, based on the agreements and understandings concluded between the two countries, in a way that respects their sovereignty and opens new horizons for joint cooperation during the next stage.
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