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Iraqi FM reviews bilateral ties with US State Secretary

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Minister of International Affairs, Fuad Hussein, discussed on Tuesday prospective buyers for cooperation with the US Secretary of Point out, Antony Blinken, in Washington, D.C. as section of a collection of meetings held with senior US officials.

In a temporary press statement, Blinken stressed his aspiration for the visit of the Iraqi Key Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, to Washington to meet up with with the US President, Joe Biden, in the coming weeks, and the future conference of the Better Coordinating Committee, which is an vital portion of the strategic framework agreement that guides the comprehensive relationship concerning the two nations around the world, in accordance to a statement unveiled by the Iraqi International Ministry.

The US Secretary of State reaffirmed Iraqs worth as a regional husband or wife to manage steadiness in the region, noting that ISIS nonetheless poses a real risk in gentle of the recent incident that took put in Moscow a few days back.

The two sides underlined the significance of cooperative initiatives to battle ISIS and improve the capabilities of Iraqi forces while examining the job of the global coalition to fight ISIS, evaluating the predicament in Syria, talking about practices to offer with Al-Hol camp, and discussing the ongoing operate of the Greater Military Committee (HMC).

Hussein and Blinken emphasized the significance of holding the federal federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in interaction about vital matters, these kinds of as the budget and overall economy, the pipeline for oil export by way of Turkey, and the Yazidis situation in Sinjar.

The conference also tackled the function of the United Nations Help Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), developments in Iraqi ties with the Gulf states, notably Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations, and the significance of retaining solid relations concerning the two countries.