Iraqi committee - US strategy for implementation of the agreement will hold the second of its meetings




01/28/2017 (0:01 pm) - The number of readings: 351 - Issue (3837)





Baghdad / long - Presse

Iraqi Foreign Ministry stressed the need for strategic investment agreement with the United States the best, considering that it is through reaching a sector-specific, and the signing of memorandums of understanding to activate the content of the agreement and the adoption of mechanisms contribute to increased cooperation between Baghdad and Washington see.

This came during chairing the Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the second meeting of the Higher Committee to follow up the implementation of the strategic framework agreement for a relationship of friendship and cooperation signed with the United States in 2008, at the ministry's headquarters, in central Baghdad, according to a statement posted on al-Jaafari, followed (the long-Presse).

Jaafari said that "the meeting was held after the cabinet approval of the proposed Ministry of Foreign Affairs to form a higher committee concerned with the management of shared files between US and Iraqi ministries in the framework of the strategic agreement, headed by Foreign Minister, to give effect to the terms of the agreement, and take care of common interests and face common dangers, and the development of the areas included in Convention, and respect for sovereignty, and the service of the two friendly peoples. "

The minister added that "the participants concluded the need to invest to agree on best served by reaching a sector-specific vision and translate it into reality work through the signing of several memoranda of understanding in order to activate the content of the agreement and the adoption of mechanisms for its implementation and increase the volume of cooperation between Baghdad and Washington in all fields. "

It is noteworthy that the meeting was held with the participation of a group of agents and general managers in the ministries of defense, interior, oil, planning, finance, health, the environment, higher education and scientific research, culture, tourism and archeology, transport, industry, minerals, trade, education, housing and reconstruction of public and municipalities, Displacement and Migration , Labour and social Affairs, Justice, youth and Sports, electricity, water resources, Prime Minister's Office, the national Investment Commission, the national Security Agency, and a counter-terrorism.

This is the second meeting of the Higher Committee, after a meeting in the summer of 2016. The meeting comes six days after the performance of the new American president, Donald Trump, section, and assuming office officially to be the president of the 45 United States, amid expectations that goes to big changes in foreign policy , consistent with the direction of his campaign, and his quest to be "America first."

The US ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Silliman confirmed, last week, that the strategic agreement between the United States and Iraq will remain "window and effective" under the new US administration, noting that his country will work on activating the rest of the aspects of the Convention and not only the security aspect.

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