MOSCOW, January 18 The presence of US military in Iraq contrary to long-standing The decision of the country's parliament on the withdrawal of foreign forces is saddening, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Iraqi parliament on January 5, 2020 voted with a majority of votes in favor of the withdrawal of foreign troops, and also spoke in favor of revising the format of cooperation with the US-led anti-terrorist coalition.
“»The Americans simply don’t leave. Quite recently, such words were again heard from Baghdad about the reluctance of the Americans to simply get out of there. It’s sad,” Lavrov said at a press conference about the results of Russian diplomacy in 2023.
The demand of the Iraqi political forces for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq began to be heard more and more often in light of the shelling of US military bases on Iraqi territory by Shiite militias. They occur regularly against the backdrop of an escalation of the situation in the region due to Israeli actions in Palestine and related American attacks on targets in Iraq.