Biden extends an invitation to meet Sudanese at the White House, and the framework is confused

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[size=52]Biden extends an invitation to meet Sudanese at the White House, and the framework is confused[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The leaders of the coordination framework remained silent about the news of the invitation sent to Prime Minister Mohamed Al-Sudani, who has been in New York for days to attend United Nations meetings, to meet with US President Joe Biden. During recent weeks, there were two opinions within the Shiite coalition regarding Iraqi and American efforts to complete the meeting between the two parties. A conservative opinion and a move to obstruct the meeting or at least lower its level, and a second enthusiastic opinion.[/size]
[size=45]Before the Sudanese traveled to the United States, the Prime Minister had temporarily resolved the salary crisis with Kurdistan, which he expected would disturb his meetings with world leaders there, while the second file related to currency smuggling is still strongly active.[/size]
[size=45]On the eve of the Prime Minister's departure to attend the global event, the value of the Iraqi dinar had declined significantly against the dollar, and the reason for the rise of the foreign currency against the local currency was mostly due to the continued smuggling of money to Tehran.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, activists published new details about the demonstrations that are supposed to begin today, Wednesday, in front of the government headquarters, which may complement other protests on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the October protests that broke out in 2019.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, a statement from Al-Sudani’s office revealed that the Prime Minister received an official invitation from President Joe Biden to visit the White House, which was conveyed to him by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the United Nations meetings.[/size]
[size=45]But informed political sources said in an interview with Al-Mada that “the invitation so far is still within the protocol context because no specific date has been set.”[/size]
[size=45]According to the government statement, “The American Minister conveyed President Joseph Biden’s invitation to Al-Sudani to visit the White House in order to further discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.” The Prime Minister affirmed his “appreciation of the invitation and his readiness to respond to it at a date to be determined later.”[/size]
[size=45]So far, there has been no comment from the leaders of the coordinating framework on the news of the invitation, especially since some leaders of the Shiite coalition declare hostility to the United States. Ihsan Al-Shammari, head of the Center for Political Thinking, believes in an interview with (Al-Mada) that accepting the meeting means that it will have a double impact, positive on the one hand and with major repercussions on the other.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shammari said in an interview with Al-Mada: “The meeting with the American President will lose a trump card from the hands of some extremists within the coordination framework who declare their opposition to Washington.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mada had revealed, in mid-August, movements from within and in American circles to hold an expanded meeting between Sudanese and Biden, but some Shiite parties close to Iran tried to make the meeting on the sidelines of United Nations meetings.[/size]
[size=45]Despite this, Al-Shammari finds that “the invitation gives an indication of initial American acceptance of the measures taken by the Sudanese government within American requirements.” He added: “The invitation also indicates that the United States can work with the current prime minister if he adheres to the American road map.” The researcher in political affairs considered that “the coordinating framework breathed a sigh of relief after announcing the invitation because it feared that the United States would not accept its government.” Al-Shammari expects that the files that could be discussed in the meeting relate to “the government’s measures to restrict Iranian influence, disengagement from Tehran on the energy and currency issues, the long-term presence of American forces, and dissolving the factions.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani arrived in New York last Monday, while government spokesman Bassem Al-Awadi said that the Prime Minister will deliver a speech before the United Nations General Assembly.[/size]
[size=45]Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf said that the Prime Minister will meet with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the global meeting.[/size]
[size=45]Before Sudanese left Baghdad, he had decided to send more than 2 trillion dinars to Kurdistan to solve the crisis of stopping the salaries of the region’s employees.[/size]
[size=45]Washington praised the government's decision, which political circles had expected would be raised during Sudan's upcoming meeting with the US President.[/size]
[size=45]But on the other hand, the dollar crisis is still continuing and escalated during the Prime Minister's departure from the capital to New York, and the dinar exchange rate reached the threshold of 1,600 dinars to one dollar.[/size]
[size=45]This file was one of the issues that Al-Sudani discussed during his stay in America, as a government statement confirmed that Al-Sudani assured the US Treasury Undersecretary, who met with him on Monday evening, that his government: “has taken several measures with the Central Bank of Iraq in implementing financial reform.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement noted that “the meeting witnessed a discussion of cooperation mechanisms between Iraq and the US Treasury, and a review of the government’s priorities in implementing economic and administrative reforms that fall within the government program.”[/size]
[size=45]It is expected that the dollar issue will be one of the demands of the demonstrators who are supposed to meet on Wednesday morning in Nisour Square in preparation for organizing demonstrations inside the Green Zone.[/size]
[size=45]According to the pages of activists on social media platforms, Wednesday’s protest was called the “Great Iraqis Demonstration,” and they confirmed that it would not conflict with demonstrations that are supposed to take place on October 1 to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the October protests. A group calling itself “the Iraqi people’s demonstrators” called in a statement for what it called a major “demonstration” in Baghdad, heading to the Green Zone.[/size]
[size=45]The statement said: “During a whole year, we listened a lot to the promises of the framework government, and their talk about an integrated program to address the crises that the country is going through, but none of that happened.”[/size]
[size=45]The group criticized the continued rise in the price of the dollar, the drying up of rivers, the shrinkage of food rations, and the lack of attention to poor families.[/size]
[size=45]The statement also touched on what it described as a “violation of sovereignty” by Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, and the United States. The group called on the Iraqis: “to participate in the next major demonstration, which will start from the heart of Baghdad towards the headquarters of the current government.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement indicated that the gathering will take place on Wednesday, September 20, in Nisour Square at 9 am.[/size]
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