Al-Sudani congratulates Trump and Vance, stresses Iraq’s commitment to strengthening relations with America
Al-Sudani congratulates Trump and Vance, stresses Iraq’s commitment to strengthening relations with America
2024-11-06 04:08
Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani congratulated President-elect Donald Trump, his Vice President James David Vance, and the American people on the success of the electoral process.
Al-Sudani stressed in a tweet on the X website, “Iraq’s firm commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and common interests.”
The Prime Minister pointed out that “Iraq looks forward to this new phase being the beginning of deepening cooperation between the two countries in various fields, which contributes to achieving sustainable development and benefits the two friendly peoples.”
Trump announced his victory for a second presidential term, stressing that the people had granted him this new term.
In a speech after the announcement of the preliminary results, Trump said: “I won a historic victory, and we regained the majority in the Senate,” and pledged to “end the wars.”
Earlier, the Iraqi Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee revealed Iraq’s intention to deal with Donald Trump normally despite the arrest warrant issued against him by the Iraqi judiciary on charges of assassinating Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
The committee member, MP Mukhtar al-Moussawi, told Shafaq News Agency that the national interest requires this approach, stressing that relations between Baghdad and Washington will not be affected by Trump’s return to the presidency, pointing out the difficulty of implementing the arrest warrant if Trump visits Iraq in the future.
It is noteworthy that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani had strongly attacked the administration of former US President Donald Trump, during a speech he gave at a memorial ceremony held in Baghdad in 2023 on the anniversary of the assassination of former Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Authority Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an airstrike near Baghdad International Airport in early 2020.
The head of the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq, Faiq Zidane, also announced the issuance of arrest warrants against Trump over the orders he issued to kill Soleimani and Al-Muhandis.
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