Baghdad, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani affirmed the government’s direction to open horizons of cooperation with friendly and brotherly countries, in a way that secures the interests of the Iraqi people.
He also confirmed, during his meeting with the White House Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa affairs, Brett McGurk, an envoy from US President Joseph Biden, the ability of our security forces to confront terrorism and to establish the stability achieved thanks to the huge sacrifices that were made on the land of Iraq.
For his part, McGurk affirmed his country’s support for the success of the current government, and the continuation of the United States to provide advice to Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS, reiterating the US Administration’s commitment to the strategic framework agreement, and supporting the Iraqi government’s reforms in the field of energy and infrastructure and confronting climate change.
McGurk conveyed his country’s welcome to the outcomes of the Baghdad Conference / 2, and efforts to develop joint infrastructure projects between Iraq and its surroundings, and its welcome to the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister Mr. Fouad Hussein to Washington to hold meetings of the Higher Coordinating Committee of the Strategic Framework Agreement between the two countries.
A statement by Al-Sudani’s office said that the meeting witnessed discussion of the overall relations between Iraq and the United States, and ways to strengthen and develop them at various levels and fields, in a way that serves the interests of the Iraqi and American peoples.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency