A forthcoming meeting between parliament, government and security leaders to discuss the US presence

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Parliament member Sarkut Shamseddin on Wednesday unveiled a meeting between parliament, thegovernment and security leaders to discuss the presence of US troops in Iraq , while the current USpresence is not considered an occupation. 

"According to the strategic framework agreement concluded between the United States of America, there is a paragraph prohibiting the use of Iraqi land, sky and water to attack any other country, as well as not to allow the construction of military bases so as not to prolong the survival," Shams al-Din said in a statement received by Alsumaria News. "The Iraqi constitution does not allow that either."

He added that "parliamentary blocs need to hold a joint meeting with the government and the Minister ofForeign Affairs and security leaders to discuss the terms of the Strategic Framework Agreement, and do not need quick and unacceptable responses to the presence of these forces in Iraq and statements not considered by the President of the United States," noting that " Meeting soon ". 

"US-Iraqi relations are important and are in the interest of the two countries economically, politically and militarily, by training Iraqi forces and arming them," he said. "The presence of US forces at the moment is not an occupation but they are at the request of the Iraqi government. "He said.

"The threat of these forces by neighboring countries or others is not entirely permitted, and this matter must be dealt with seriously," he said, adding that he "held meetings with his counterparts in Congress and the State Department, and with scholars and experts on Middle East affairs in the United States, where they stressed that what is spoken by Trump recently are random statements and does not represent the USgovernment 's policy, and stressed that the government has always sought to cooperate fully with their Iraqi counterparts in the presence of US forces in Iraq and its future. " 

The State of Law bloc said on Monday that the House of Representatives will have a serious stand at thebeginning of the next legislative term towards the presence of US forces on Iraqi soil, noting that the USmovements in the western areas and the border with the existence of "terrorist groups" Solutions.