Baghdad The Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, affirmed Iraq’s desire to consolidate a strategic partnership relationship with the United States by strengthening work on the Strategic Framework Agreement in its various economic, educational, cultural and political aspects and issues of facing the effects of climate change.

Al-Sudani, during his meeting with the American ambassador in Baghdad, Elena Romanowski, expressed the keenness of the next government to continue dialogue at the national level inside and outside Parliament and to strive to resolve internal contentious issues.

Al-Sudani stressed the importance of building distinguished and balanced international relations, in the interest of the Iraqi people, and building bridges of cooperation with brotherly and friendly peoples in the regional and international environments.

For her part, the US ambassador affirmed her government’s support for a secure, stable, prosperous, and united federal and sovereign Iraq.

She expressed her country’s readiness to assist Iraq in combating corruption, and praised Al-Sudani’s focus on achieving progress in this file.

It also conveyed the US administration’s desire to continue cooperating with Iraq to defeat ISIS remnants and combat terrorism, noting: “Iraq represents an essential and strategic component in the region.”/ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency