© Reuters. Iraqi Head Of State Abdul Latif Rashid and also Iranian Head of state Ebrahim Raisi go to a conference, in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2023. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office/Handout through REUTERS
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The USA is an unstable close friend, and also Iraq needs to not enable any type of united state soldiers on its region, Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei informed checking out Iraqi Head of state Abdul Latif Rashid on Saturday.
Iran, which has solid connections with Iraq, opposes the united state armed forces existence on its boundaries in Iraq and also the Gulf, stating Western armed forces treatment is the origin of instability in the area.
” Americans are not pals of Iraq. Americans are not pals with any individual and also are not also dedicated to their European pals,” state media priced estimate Khamenei as stating.
united state nationwide safety and security firms are examining after a leakage of categorized files has actually recommended the USA snooped on allies consisting of Ukraine.
” Also the existence of one American in Iraq is way too much,” Khamenei informed Rashid, that remained in Tehran with a delegation to improve connections in between both neighbors.
The USA has some 2,500 soldiers in Iraq to aid encourage and also aid neighborhood soldiers in combating Islamic State, which in 2014 confiscated region in the nation.
” Iraq’s major initiative is to strengthen connections with Iran and also fix particular staying concerns in between both nations,” Rashid was priced estimate as stating, without describing Iraq’s connections with the USA.
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