BAGHDAD /
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Baghdad on Thursday and was accompanied by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and Barham Salih.
She said Zora newspaper of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate \ "said Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi , said Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo, Iraq's continued" balanced policy ", adding that Iraq builds its relations on the basis of everyone put their interests first.
The newspaper quoted the media office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in a statement saying that the latter met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the visit of Pompeo "to Iraq on Tuesday evening, which followed two phone calls between Prime Minister Pompeo on Saturday and Monday," noting that " "The United States is an important strategic partner for Iraq, and Iraq is continuing its balanced policy that builds bridges of friendship and cooperation with all the countries of the region," he said. Friends and neighbors, including neighboring Iran, "stressing" Iraq's desire to develop relations with the United States and with the rest of neighboring countries and friends in various fields. "
The newspaper added that Abdul Mahdi, stressed that "Iraq builds its relations with everyone based on the interests of Iraq first and work to deepen the participants without stopping differences," noting the "importance of resolving all differences through sincere dialogue and constructive and that Iraq has returned to play its key role in the region To return to Baghdad a place where everyone meets and not a place for conflict and conflict. "
For his part, Pompeo expressed his "happiness with the efforts of the Iraqi government and the role it plays, and its efforts to extend security and attract foreign investment and expertise, including the special relations with the United States," praising "the decision of the Council of Ministers to support the efforts of the Ministry of Oil to agree with Exxon Mobil American Integrated South Project ".
For his part, the newspaper Azzaman edition of Iraq / a political expert said the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Baghdad, which was not announced in advance, carries many dimensions with the imposition of further sanctions on Iran, pointing out that Pompeo told officials in Baghdad about imminent attacks on the interests of America in Iraq.
The newspaper quoted the head of the Iraqi Society for Strategic Studies Wathiq al-Hashemi said yesterday that "the visit of Pompeo to Baghdad and meet with Iraqi officials with many dimensions with the imposition of further sanctions on Tehran during the next period," adding that "Iraq faces enormous pressure, whether from the United States of America "This visit will be followed by a visit by a senior Iranian official to Baghdad in the coming days," he said. "There is a regional and international role for Iraq to be an influential player, And mediator In the alleviation of conflicts in the region, whether between Iran and America on the one hand or between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the other)
The newspaper stressed the emphasis on (the need to hold Iraq stick from the middle and non-bias to one side without another, as required by the national interest to keep away the danger was possible), expected that (Iraq gets new exceptions because Washington knows that Iraq is still in desperate need to provide electricity in case Gas cuts from Iran).
The newspaper added that Pompeo arrived in Baghdad yesterday, an unannounced visit, and met with President Barham Salih and ministers Adel Abdul Mahdi to discuss the security of Americans in Iraq and to clarify security concerns under the increasing Iranian activities in the region.
Saleh said during the meeting that "the strategic partnership with the United States of America is important for Iraq, with its commitment to its balanced policy, which builds bridges of friendship and cooperation with all friends and neighbors, including Iran." Pompeo met with Abdul Mahdi to tell him about US concerns about Iran's activities in the region. "
So he said Mashreq newspaper , the official source, said that Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi , will visit the US capital Washington soon, while the detection of the most prominent files that would be considered. "The visit of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to the US capital Washington, which was postponed several times, will be soon and preparations are under way," adding that "the visit will address several files," noting that "the most prominent of these files is war On the terrorism and reconstruction of Iraqi cities liberated from the organization and advocates of US military support for Iraq, as well as the subject of sanctions on Iran and the need to take into account the situation of Iraq in relation to the current US-Iranian conflict.
"In less than 10 days, Abdul Mahdi received two phone calls from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo," the newspaper said, stressing that "the postponement of the visit Because of the presence of several Iraqi files need to be arranged, and to delay the arrival of the new US ambassador Matthew Toler to Baghdad, for reasons not related to Iraq, but the Americans themselves.
On another subject, the newspaper Al-Akhbar addressed the meeting of Hassan Karim al-Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, in his office the president of the Union of Arab Journalists, the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate Muayad al-Lami and a group of editors and representatives of the independent daily newspapers and legal adviser to the union.
The newspaper said that the meeting dealt with ways of supporting the House of Representatives for media organizations in general and paper newspapers in particular. Al-Kaabi addressed a number of proposals supporting paper newspapers aimed at continuing their daily release. The parliamentary committees concerned will coordinate with the Journalists' Syndicate In the coming period, calling on ministries and government institutions to provide support through advertising, addressing the information and communications authority to oblige all mobile phone companies with certain financial ratios classified ads for newspapers issued on a daily basis.
The newspaper pointed out that al-Kaabi discussed the possibility of coordination between the Iraqi media network and the newspapers departments regarding the printing of the newspaper in the government printing press of the network free of charge or by no more than 50%, in addition to the grant of a government emergency grant under the control of the trade union - Through direct deduction from mobile phone companies and oil companies operating in Iraq. "
The newspaper said that the first deputy chairman of the Council adopts the work on the return of incentives to journalists who stopped during the financial crisis experienced by the country, whether through the supplementary budget, "if it exists," or included in the budget next year, and expressed his readiness to provide all the assistance The independence and independence of the press institutions and the preservation of the cultural heritage - the historical Iraq, especially as it is one of the results of the democratic transition, which strengthens the role of freedom of opinion and expression and the press, as well as continued to be issued despite the material circumstances Cairo.
Al-Lami also praised the role of the Presidency and members of the House of Representatives in supporting the press family, pointing out the importance of enhancing cooperation between the representatives of the people and the fourth authority in relation to legislating laws and making decisions that remove the media from the media.
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