the UNITED states has pledged to continue to reduce the number of soldiers in Iraq over ’the coming months’.
It happens after the talks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where Iraq has pushed for a further american withdrawal.
It writes the AFP news agency early on Friday local time.
the UNITED states and Iraq, writing in a joint announcement that due to ‘substantial progress towards eliminating the threat from the Islamic State, the UNITED states will continue to reduce the number of soldiers in Iraq’.
however, There is no number that specifies how large the reduction will be.
– the UNITED states reiterates that the country is not seeking or requesting permanent bases or a permanent military presence in Iraq, says according to AFP.
Iraq has promised to protect the bases where there are american soldiers, after a series of rocket attacks, as proiranske troops are blamed for.
The two countries held on Thursday, the first strategic dialogue in more than a decade, months after iraqi mps demanded the withdrawal of the UNITED states. It writes the AFP.
the Requirement came after the u.s. killing of the iranian topgeneral Qassem Soleimani in iraqi soil.
the Relationship between the two countries has since stabilised under the new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
the Talks were held as virtual in order to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.
the Future of the american troops, and the rest of the anti-IS coalition, which has supported the iraqi troops for several years, filled a lot during the strategic meeting, writes the news agency Reuters.
Preliminary seems no definitive clarification, however, to be in place.
the UNITED states will ‘with the iraqi government, discuss the remaining soldiers’ status and focus on developing bilateral security relationship based on strong fællesinteresseret’, in the joint announcement, according to Reuters.
