Economy News – Baghdad
Al-Sudani Prime Minister Mohamed Shia confirmed on Saturday that his visit to Washington comes at a delicate and sensitive circumstance at the level of bilateral relations and the situation of the region.
The Prime Minister’s Information Office said in a statement received by “Economy News” that “Al-Sudani, made a press statement before leaving the United States of America, on Saturday morning, in which he stressed that this visit comes in a delicate and sensitive circumstance at the level of relations with the United States of America, as well as at the level of the conditions of the region and the crimes that are happening in the Palestinian territories against innocent people, as well as fears about the expansion of the conflict.”
Al-Sudani indicated that “the goal of the visit is to move relations with the United States to a new stage that includes activating the provisions of the strategic framework agreement, which is in line with our government’s program, which focuses on economic and financial reforms and in other important fields, as well as productive partnerships with various countries of the world.”
He stressed that “the meeting with President Biden will discuss the circumstances of the region and the escalation it is witnessing, and the joint role in working to calm down and prevent the conflict from widening, which affects the overall stability in the world. The meeting also reviews the work of the Supreme Military Committee between Iraq and the International Alliance, aimed at reaching a timetable to end the mission of the coalition and move to bilateral relations with the participating countries in the coalition.”
“The visit will see meetings with US secretaries of state, defense and the Treasury, as well as the National Security Advisor, the US Chamber of Commerce and senior officials of oil and industrial companies,” the Prime Minister noted.
He reited that “the visit carries the desire to build a sustainable strategic partnership, based on mutual respect, and preserve the security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq.”
The statement said that “the Prime Minister is accompanied on his official visit to Washington by a government and representative delegation that includes a number of ministers, members of the House of Representatives and advisers, in addition to representatives from the private sector from businessmen and industrialists specialized in various sectors, where he will hold extensive talks with US officials regarding bilateral relations, and discuss a set of economic, financial, commercial and security files, as well as files related to education, culture and others. The visit also includes the signing of a number of investment contracts with major American companies.”
The statement continued that “the visit will witness the holding of the first meeting of the Joint Higher Coordination Committee (HCC), with the aim of continuing to activate the strategic framework agreement, in the axes of energy, banking and financial cooperation, transport, combating corruption, recovering Iraqi funds, and the business sector, in addition to education and culture.”
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