The Secretary of State announces the meeting with the American ambassador and comments on the withdrawal of 500 soldiers
The Secretary of State announces the meeting with the American ambassador and comments on the withdrawal of 500 soldiers
11/18/2020 15:32
[Baghdad-Where]
Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein announced, on Wednesday, the results of the meeting with the US ambassador yesterday, while noting that the withdrawal of the 500 American soldiers came in consultation between Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Hussein said in a press conference, “It was agreed during the meeting on the redeployment of American forces outside Iraq and we confirmed during the meeting that there will be timelines for scheduling the withdrawal and after the announcement of the agreement, we saw that there are strategic dialogue steps that have been confirmed after reducing the number of American forces in Iraq from 5200.” Component to 3 thousand. ”
He added, “After the important contact between Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, it was agreed to withdraw 500 military personnel, as the remaining number of soldiers will reach 2,500.”
He pointed out that “the nature of the remaining forces will not be combat. We have entered the fourth and final stage, which includes entering phase zero with the end of the fourth stage, and the combat operations that were caused by the entry of ISIS into Iraq will end.”
He explained, “The presence of the American forces and the international coalition in Iraq came under an official claim from the Iraqi government,” noting that “ISIS was defeated in Iraq, but there are cells in a number of regions.”
With regard to future work with the coalition forces and the American side, Hussain said, “It will continue on the basis of joint work with the Iraqi forces and the Iraqi Operations Room is the one that decides in the field of intelligence sharing, air cover and support for Iraqi forces, training and equipping them.” NATO is in Iraq. ”
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