Mito Toller, the US ambassador to Iraq, said on Tuesday that his country’s forces would remain in Iraq for as long as necessary.
“We will maintain this presence as long as we need to help the Iraqi government to prevent ISIL terrorist acts against the Iraqi people and to threaten security in the region,” Toller said of the US presence in Iraq.
According to a resolution passed by the Iraqi parliament in January 1998, two days after the martyrdom of General Haj Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the former deputy head of al-Hashd al-Shabi, were approved by Iraqi lawmakers. The presence of US and non-US troops in the country is illegal and they must leave Iraq as soon as possible.
According to the resolution, many Iraqi groups consider the American forces present in the country as occupiers and emphasize the immediate withdrawal of these forces from their territory. The groups have repeatedly called on the Iraqi government to implement the parliament’s decision, but talks between Baghdad and Washington to reduce and eventually withdraw US troops have failed.
“The Iraqi government must fulfill its duty to protect foreign bases and hold those responsible for the attacks accountable,” Toller said of the resistance group’s attack on US interests.
The US official went on to claim that the US government, led by Joe Biden, wants to engage with Iran but will not sacrifice national sovereignty or Iraqi security to achieve this goal.
“The president, for the betterment of Iraq, United States seeks to engage with Iran, but will not sacrifice Iraqi sovereignty or security to achieve this goal,” Toller said.
The Biden administration has said it intends to bring the United States back to the Borjam nuclear deal that Donald Trump withdrew from in May 2016.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an article recently published in Farnaferz magazine, unconditionally waived the condition for the US to return to the UN Security Council and the condition of all sanctions imposed, reimposed, or relabeled. Had announced.
