Washington is dissatisfied with the Sudanese government.. Iraqi oil is on the sanctions radar
Washington is dissatisfied with the Sudanese government.. Iraqi oil is on the sanctions radar
9-17-2023
The head of the Iraqi Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Ghazi Faisal, indicated Saturday, that there are strong American objections to some of the Iraqi government’s policies, especially with regard to “black transfers,” which may force Washington to issue new sanctions that may even include Iraqi oil.
Faisal told “ Jarida ”, “The United States of America is a strategic ally within the framework of the strategic alliance agreement between the United States and Iraq, signed in 2008, and effective after the Iraqi Parliament ratified it in 2009.”
He added, “The relationship of strategic partnership and cooperation in its military, political, technological, and economic forms continues between the American administration and Iraq within the framework of what the American ambassador in Baghdad declares, who expresses her satisfaction with the close cooperation between Baghdad and Washington.”
Faisal continued, “But at the same time, there are also major problems, including the US administration’s statements related to Iraqi banks’ tampering with dollar transfers called (black transfers), meaning those linked to financial corruption and money laundering, especially towards Iran.”
He pointed out that “Washington threatened the Central Bank and the Iraqi government that it would be forced to issue sanctions on these banks, which may even include Iraqi oil.”
Accordingly, “there are common general positions and strategic alliance relations between Washington and Baghdad, but at the same time there are strong objections to many of the policies pursued by the radical forces allied with Iran, as well as the armed organizations allied with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and some of the Iraqi government’s policies that ignore The strategic interests of the United States of America,” according to Faisal.
He continued, “So, Washington, as much as it is an ally of Baghdad, but it has observations on the government formed by the coordination framework, and for this reason, until this moment, an official invitation has not been sent to Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani to visit Washington and meet with US President Biden, and there may be an opportunity to meet the two presidents in New York.” During the United Nations General Assembly meetings this month.
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