America’s reaction to the election of the new president of Iraq.
Congratulating the new president of Iraq, the spokesperson of the US State Department called on the political leaders of this country to fulfill the wishes of the Iraqi people.
Ned Price, the spokesperson of the US Department of State, congratulated Abdul Latif Rashid on his election as the president of Iraq on Thursday evening.
In this statement, he also mentioned Rashid’s action in appointing “Mohammed Shia al-Sudani” to form the cabinet and said: “We invite all the political leaders who form the new government to follow the will of the Iraqis who voted for a government that meets their needs.” to comply”.
He added that America calls on all parties to avoid violence and solve their problems amicably and peacefully through the political process.
Price added: “The United States has once again expressed its commitment to partnering with the people and government of Iraq to implement many common priorities and is looking forward to the continued strong cooperation between the two countries.”
After one year and three days of Iraqi parliamentary elections, despite the long conflicts between the two main Kurdish parties, today Thursday, the election of the new president of the country was finally held.
This meeting was held in the parliament with the presence of 269 representatives out of a total of 329 representatives. But at the time of voting, the number of voters was announced as 277.
After counting all the votes obtained in the second round of voting in the Iraqi parliament, Abdul Latif Rashid managed to get 162 votes and was able to remove Barham Saleh from the competition with 99 votes and officially become the president of Iraq.
After that, the new president of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, appointed Mohammad Shia al-Sudani to form the cabinet.
