BAGHDAD, 28 September 2020, (TON): The United States has informed the Iraqi government that it is planning a full withdrawal from its embassy in Baghdad, America’s largest diplomatic outposts, unless Iraq reins in attacks on personnel linked to the American presence there.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Mulla Talal, spokesman for Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said Sunday, “There are outlaw groups that try to shake this relationship, and closing the embassy would send a negative message to them.” He requested American administration to reconsider it.”
The State Department spokeswoman said “the presence of lawless, Iran-backed militias,” as the United States attempts to secure financial support for Iraq from the international community and the private sector, “remains the single biggest deterrent to additional investment in Iraq.
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