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Jaafari to Trump envoy: The strategic framework agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington should be activated

Jaafari to Trump envoy: The strategic framework agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington should be activated

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BAGHDAD / Tomorrow Press:

Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari on Saturday, the US president 's envoy, to activate the strategic framework agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington, stressing the need for the contribution of the international community in the reconstruction of infrastructure after the war on Daesh.

"The al-Jaafari received the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, the envoy of the international coalition to fight the prodigy Brett McGuck, and the accompanying delegation in his office in Baghdad. The meeting reviewed the overall security and political developments, , The great victories achieved by the Iraqis in their war against terrorist gangs, and international efforts to support the security and stability of the region.

"All Iraqis are united to defend the sovereignty of Iraq and to eliminate terrorism," Jaafari said, stressing the necessity of concerted efforts by the international community, contributing to the reconstruction of infrastructure after the eradication of terrorism, and adopting a project similar to the Marshall Plan, which contributed to building Germany after World War II ".

He pointed out that "the importance of activating the strategic framework agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington, because of their significant impact on the opening of areas of joint cooperation between the two countries," noting that "Iraq adheres to bilateral relations with countries of the world and all neighboring countries, especially, based on the exchange of common interests, Common love, and non-interference in internal affairs. "

For his part, the envoy, Brit McCarthyk, stressed "the continued support of the United States to Iraq until the elimination of gangs of terrorist advocates," praising "the efforts of the Iraqis in their war against terrorism and the diplomatic openness witnessed by Iraqi relations with different countries of the world."

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US newspaper: Trump's administration is struggling to keep five thousand American fighters in Iraq


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Wall Street Journal, Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi said called on the United States to deepen cooperation with Baghdad under the US Strategic Framework Agreement - Iraq for the year 2008.
The United States has spent resources not counted in Iraq and intervened militarily several times since 1990, but if you do not want United States to intervene again, it must be associated with helping to maintain a small military force there.
It is necessary to take a US decision - Iraq on keeping US troops in the country as soon as possible, as the rationale for the presence of troops at the present time will fade with defeat Daesh.
Training and equipping of Iraqi forces, assistance and is against the remnants of Daesh justified the US presence in the long term, but it could also strategically help to keep Iraq independent from neighboring countries.
The imminent destruction of the alleged succession Daesh with Iraq will file a 2003 war, the Arab Spring, the nuclear agreement with Iran, the Russian intervention in Syria, as variables in the regional game. It can Chaad defeat Daesh in changing regional trends.
For that Washington should consider the region differently. Since the Cold War , the United States dealing with the Middle East challenges - Iran, Saddam Hussein, Syria, Yemen, terrorism, and others - as separate problems and not part of a larger endeavor, and assume that the core of the region - a regional system led by the United States - will continue, but threats against the regime challenging this assumption.
All the United States is doing must support the strategy of containment of neighboring countries and the fight against Sunni extremists, and keep some troops in Iraq will support this strategy. Trump seems to be interested in managing this issue but success is uncertain because Iraq has not allowed the United States to extend the presence of its troops in 2011. It seems that the Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi supports this issue , but other political leaders and public opinion opposed to a certain extent. In order to maintain the presence of troops.
The United States will have to move forward on three ways: the first sale of the presence of troops, and secondly linked to other aid, and thirdly not to make it controversial.
It must convince Iraqis that the US presence will support the fight against terrorism and ensures that the collapse of the Iraqi army , as happened in Mosul in 2014. He also must convince them that he will support the unity of Iraq by waving to the Sunni Arabs and the Kurds that the Baghdad government is seeking to establish relations with the West.
Also it is important to spread the idea that the United States supports the sovereignty of Iraq by waving to the neighboring countries that Iraq will not be affiliated to any other state.
The United States should link economic assistance and diplomatic cooperation, to show that in exchange for this assistance to Iraqi politicians to be flexible toward the presence of US troops.
The United States has a vital interest in preventing Iraq from sliding into violence, and this requires not only politically and economically , but also in support of ongoing military relations. But we must also reassure Iraq that the US military presence would be acceptable to the Iraqis.
Based on the extension of the stay of troops that took place with Iraq in the 2011 talks, the following would be politically acceptable; first, must be military force is limited and non - permanent, composed of five thousand fighters, which was envisaged to be kept in 2011, may be the largest maximum extent possible politically. As US forces must be part of the Iraqi bases stationed in the international force. The United States not to repeat the request for legal immunity for US forces with the approval of Parliament, but instead to extend the administrative status under which it operates now.
Second, we must focus on the task forces to train and equip Iraqi forces and some intelligence information designated on the fight against terrorism and possibly provide air support. All the countries of the region will realize that this presence will also help to promote stability.
Third, the United States not to suggest that the force in Iraq is fighting force affecting neighboring countries. All these guarantees will not make Baghdad allow a military presence but it will make it easier option. Stability in the region hanging right choice for Iraq.
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