Parliamentary Security: Coordination on 3 levels to follow up on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq
Parliamentary Security: Coordination on 3 levels to follow up on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq
2024-09-10
The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee confirmed, Monday, September 9, 2024, the existence of coordination on 3 levels to follow up on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq.
Parliamentary Security Committee Advisor Mustafa Ajil said in a press interview that “the capabilities of the Iraqi security establishment with all its formations are capable of controlling the pace of security, averting external and internal dangers, and enhancing security and stability, and it does not need any foreign military presence,” noting that “the Council of Representatives issued an important decision in 2020 to withdraw foreign combat forces from the country in light of a national vision and a reading of the security scene in general.”
He added, “The Parliamentary Security Committee is following up on the issue of withdrawing foreign combat forces from the country on three levels, the most prominent of which is with the government, security ministries, and the teams concerned with conducting consultations to determine the roadmap and timetables for the withdrawal,” noting that “national sovereignty is a red line and the withdrawal of any foreign combat force is undisputed.”
Ajeel pointed out that “there are arms and training agreements with many foreign countries, and this matter is subject to the extent of military and security importance, but the presence of any combat force is a settled matter and is within the principle of pushing it to withdraw and leave the country because our security situation is stable and we have forces capable of curbing any security threat.”
High-level military committees from Iraq and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of coalition forces over two years, and agreed to transform relations into a sustainable security partnership, Defense Minister Thabet al-Abbasi announced in a televised interview followed by “Baghdad Today.”
He added: “It was agreed to end the alliance’s mission in two stages,” indicating that “the first stage begins this year and continues until 2025, while the second stage ends in 2026.”
He explained that “the announcement of the withdrawal was postponed due to the circumstances the region is going through and the American elections,” expecting that an agreement will be reached within the next few days on the withdrawal of the coalition forces that arrived in Iraq with the aim of supporting the country in the war against ISIS.
Regarding the tensions witnessed in the region following the attack launched by the Palestinian Hamas movement on Israel on October 7, and the resulting launch of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, the Minister of Defense stressed that the contacts made by the Iraqi government played an important role and its role in avoiding the spread of the conflict in the region.
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