Leader in the Framework: America is exploiting Iraq’s money in the Federal Bank to undermine its sovereignty
Leader in the Framework: America is exploiting Iraq’s money in the Federal Bank to undermine its sovereignty
2-22-2025
Al-Maalouma/Special..
The leader of the Coordination Framework, Salam al-Zubaidi, confirmed today, Saturday, that the United States is exerting security and political pressure
on Iraq in a number of files, including oil, and undermining its sovereignty through the money it deposits in the US Federal Bank. Al-Zubaidi said in an interview with /Al-Maalouma/ agency, that “America is exerting pressure on Iraq politically and security-wise, while Iraq has sovereignty and decisions that must be respected by everyone,” indicating that “exporting oil is an internal matter that does not concern the United States, even if the money from Iraqi exports goes to the US Federal Reserve, which undermines Iraq’s sovereignty in this matter.”
He added that “re-exporting oil from the Kurdistan Region is an internal matter that concerns the federal government and the Ministry of Oil, and there are many pending files between Erbil and Baghdad in addition to the decision of an international court issued in Paris due to violations committed by the Kurdish side,” noting that “during the visit of the President of the Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to Baghdad, it was agreed to remove obstacles and eliminate crises.”
He pointed out that “the American pressure should be on the region and not on Baghdad, considering that Erbil is the one that has problems in this issue, but for Washington to come and impose decisions on Baghdad is not correct.”
It is noteworthy that international reports revealed that the United States threatened to impose sanctions on Iraq unless Baghdad allowed the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan region despite the political and technical problems in this file.
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