Jones: any action by the United States is at the request of Iraq [Expanded]
Jones: any action by the United States is at the request of Iraq [Expanded]
7/21/2016 18:07
[Wayne-Baghdad]
confirmed US ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones that “any action by the United States as a member of the international coalition is based on the request of the Iraqi government.”
A statement by the US Embassy in Baghdad received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it on Thursday that ” the US ambassador during a meeting at the US embassy residence in Baghdad with Iraqi media said the ” donor conference , which was held in Washington in order to Iraq was very successful, “Mnohna ” The conference was sponsored by the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Kuwait and the Netherlands.”
The ambassador said , ” The conference brought together more than 2 billion dollars for the Iraqi people, $ 450 million of which will be allocated to support humanitarian aid , ” pointing out that ” the United States was the largest donor since the US humanitarian aid amounted to 313 million dollars. ”
he added by saying , ” Thank you for the courage and skill of the Iraqi security forces, the West hand Qayyarah been fully liberated , “noting that” the presence of 560 US troops is the request of the Iraqi government who are engineers and Ojstyon to provide support Iraqi forces for the Liberation of Mosul. ”
and that” it was agreed in advance with the Iraqi government in Baghdad before the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the government of Arbil, “he underlined , ” no intention of the United States to set up bases in the Kurdish areas. ”
he concluded by saying that” any action by the United States as a member of the international coalition is based on the request of the Iraqi government , “stressing” as long as we are invited by the Iraqi government , we will support the government and people of Iraq to defeat Daash. ”
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